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Little Valley Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Grand 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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078719
MRDS ID W027257
Record type Site
Current site name Little Valley Manganese Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.7196, 38.86637 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position 7.1 MILES SOUTH OF THOMPSON, UT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondike Bluffs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(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 020E 28,29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result .056 % MN FOR GRAB SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.7196, 38.86637
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 365.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompsons - Yellow Cat

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 11000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 5 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS VISIBLE ON THIS DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., AND OTHERS, 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH, PT. 2 : USGS BULL. 979 -

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON BAKER, A. A., - USGS BULL 979S P. 12

  • Reserve-Resource

    BAKER, A. A., AND OTHERS, 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 979 - B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair 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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