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Manganese Prospect

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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096497
MRDS ID W027204
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Prospect
Related records 10252179

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.31013, 38.53638 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position APPROX. 2.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARNER LAKE, 2 MILES EAST OF WILSON MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warner Lake(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

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 OF SECTION 18

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 Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.31013, 38.53638
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson Mesa Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT 40 FT. LONG CAVED 20 FT FROM THE PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON HUNT, C. B., PROFESSIONAL PAPER 294-I

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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