Mangan Mine

Occurrence in Johnson county in Wyoming, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400628
Record type Site
Current site name Mangan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.867, 44.005 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buffalo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crazy Woman(hydrologic unit)

Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

Bureau of Land Management WY BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Johnson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 047N 083W 29, 30, 31, 32 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • Excellent location map on very last page of the DMEA Docket.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.867, 44.005

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee
    Owner H.V. George
    Year 1951

Comments on the ownership information

  • The Mead property is 4 lode and 5 placer claims, all of which are heald by location. Owners are Melvin S. Mead, John Keahey, Roger Lawson, Norman Mead, and Northern Development Co. This group obtained mineral rights, under lease, on adjoining 200 acres of patented land owned by C.J. Gammon of Buffalo Wy. H.V. George holds the compbined area under a lease dated Nov. 10, 1951.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Bull. 50, p. 130, lists 3 different sites within these same 4 sections. Secondary pyrolusite nodules in Flathead and Wind River Formations. A reserve of 300,000 to 1,000,000 tons.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2012-01-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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