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Field's Claims

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021337
MRDS ID DC15665
Record type Site
Current site name Field's Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13162, 39.98467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 0.4 MI SW OF OLD BALDY MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 003W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CONSIST OF FIVE CLAIMS: GRAPHITE NO. 1 & 2 , FRANKLIN, LEXINGTON, AND HERMIONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1946 : USBM 22.2 % MN, 19.6 % SIO2 , 16.0 % CAO, 2.1 % FE, 6.1 % AL2O3 , 0.2 % ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13162, 39.98467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 - 60 W
    Dip 40 - 50 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE OCCURS IN AND ADJACENT TO A MASS OF JASPEROID BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Comments on the production information

  • 25 TONS MINED IN 1940 , NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., 1951 , MANGANESE DEP OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - A, P. 52

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H. T., 1964 , GEOL OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD: USGS BULL 1142 - L, P. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN A SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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