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Quartzite Cap Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Aluminum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088214
MRDS ID DB01158
Record type Site
Current site name Quartzite Cap Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Cap/Iron Peaks
Related records 10179547

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.218, 38.53525 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position 2.9 MILES WEST OF POVERTY FLAT RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 004W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Natroalunite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.218, 38.53525
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 67 DEG E
    Dip 17 DEG E
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 36.58M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andrew Parker

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS. TWO CONNECTED BY A RAISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Trimble, Larry 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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