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Cow Flat Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071862
MRDS ID W015537
Record type Site
Current site name Cow Flat Manganese Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74963, 39.27969 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1/2 MILE WEST OF COW FLAT RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cow Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 010E 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 2 FT. 3 INCH CHIP SAMPLE 4.4% MN, 0.1% S, 0.4% P2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cedar Mountain Formation
    Rock description Cedar Mountain Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74963, 39.27969
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cedar Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Powell, Rex T.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BAKER ESTIMATES SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS AT 4% MN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • TEST PITS ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., DUNCAN, D.C., AND HUNT C.B., 1952 MANGANESE DEPS. OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH PART 2 USGS BULL 979-

  • Reserve-Resource

    BAKER A.A. AND OTHERS, 1952

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE OCCURS AS NODULES IN MUDSTONE AND LIMESTONE WHICH FOLLOW BEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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