| Deposit ID | 10055184 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00247 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Deer Trail Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Gap, O'Connor Mine, Monzo 69-72 Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.65525, 39.91688 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1820 |
| Relative position | IN JUDD CREEK, ABOUT 2600 FEET E-NE OF IRON SPRING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 7W | 32 | NE OF NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | USBM, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 41.27 LISTS TWO ASSAYS OF VEIN SAMPLES: 24.7% MN, 0.8% ZN, 0.05% AG |
|---|---|
| Result | 22.2% MN, 0.4% ZN, 0.05% AG. CRITTENDEN (1951) STATES THAT ORE MAY ASSAY AS HIGH AS 25% MN, 22% PB AND A FEW DOLLARS PER TON AU. USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 41.27 ALSO CITES EARLIER REPORTS OF ASSAYS OF LEAD-ZINC ORE WITH HIGH GOLD CONTENT FROM THE UPPER ADIT. HOWEVER, NO SUCH ORE WAS NOTED BY USBM PERSONNEL. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| Rock unit name | Unit 8 Of The Simpson Mountain Sequence, Possibly Correlative With The Big Cottonwood Formation; | ||
| Rock description | Unit 8 Of The Simpson Mountain Sequence, Possibly Correlative With The Big Cottonwood Formation; | ||
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| (1) | -112.65525, 39.91688 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust Belt (Sheeprock Thrust Inferred At Shallow Depth), Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belty |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Intersection Between Judd Creek Fault (N-Nw) And An E-Ne Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
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| General form | TABULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1931 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Erickson District District |
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| Ownership category | State |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. A. Elkins Or V. T. Slaughter |
| First year | 1944 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. T. O'Connor Or Wendell L. Butcher |
| First year | 1946 |
| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^26% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1931-1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^25-30% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00247 |
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL. 979-A P. 43
MORRIS, H.T. AND KOPF, R.W., 1985, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PART OF THE COYOTE SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALS SURVEY (IN PROGRESS).
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1950, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 41.27
CONSV. COMP. DATE 03-28-1958
CRITTENDEN, 1951
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MN OXIDES FILLING VEINS AND BRECCIAS. DEPOSIT LOCATED NEAR INTERSECTION BETWEEN AN E-NE STRIKING FAULT AND THE N-NW STRIKING JUDD CREEK FAULT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1978 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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