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East Courthouse 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078979
MRDS ID W027737
Record type Site
Current site name East Courthouse Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.69154, 38.71831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 0.6 MILES NE OF DALTON WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merrimac Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 020E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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) -109.69154, 38.71831
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR PODS
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 5 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., A. C. DUNCAN, AND C. B. HUNT, 1952 , 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH, PT. 2 : USGS BULL 979-B

  • Reserve-Resource

    BAKER, A. A., ET AL, 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SE UTAH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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

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