The Needles

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000999
MRDS ID M057708
Record type District
Current site name The Needles
Alternate or previous names Gustavus Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.89681, 38.70388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dubinky Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Grand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.89681, 38.70388

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THE SUMMERVILLE FM IS 157 FT. THICK. THE MOAB TONGUE OF ENTRADA SANDSTONE, 45 FT. THICK, CUTS THE SUMMERVILLE FM. AT 85 FT. BELOW THE TOP OF THE FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., ETAL, 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SE UTAH: USGS BULL. 979 - A, P. 116 - 118 .

Beyond USGS

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