Black Bird Claim

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041858
MRDS ID M057706
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bird Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.09766, 38.90803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 6.5 MILES SE OF THE BRIDGE AT THE TOWN OF GREEN RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green River NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 017E 07 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES CONTAIN FROM 3.9 - 20 % MN.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.09766, 38.90803

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Three Small Faults Within The Mine Striking N 20 - 30 W.

Ore body information

  • General form NODULAR
    Dip 4 NE
    Length 396.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Grand District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D. C., AND HUNT, C. B., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SE UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-B, P. 86 - 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.