Muleshoe Wash Manganese Deposit

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  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 10089612
MRDS ID W027680
Record type Site
Current site name Muleshoe Wash Manganese Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.43681, 38.35527 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 2.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Sal Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(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

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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 023E 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: CENTER NW 1/4 SEC. 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.43681, 38.35527

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, TABULAR
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 402.33M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kane Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.105HA
    Length 3.05M
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON BAKER A. A., BULLETI

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL VEINS AND MINERALIZED ZONES IN BEDDING ACROSS A 1/4 MILE DISTANCE. THE BEST MINERALIZATION IS AT THE POINT LOCATION. OTHER DEPOSITS REPORTED BY BAKER IN NW 1/4 SEC. 30 NOT FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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