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Bob Hill Spring Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096387
MRDS ID W015530
Record type Site
Current site name Bob Hill Spring Manganese Deposit
Related records 10226882

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68518, 39.21469 (WGS84)
Elevation 2176
Relative position 375 FT. WEST SOUTHWEST OF BOB HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bob Hill Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 011E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION, NE 1/4, SEC 33 450 FT. NORTH WEST OF EAST 1/4 CORNER SEC. 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE SCATTERED MANGANESE NODULES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematization And Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cedar Mountain Formation
    Rock description Cedar Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.68518, 39.21469
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 22 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer G.A. Johnson

Mining district

District name Cedar Mountain Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Uranex Mining Corp. Mineral Energy Inc. Delyn Heaps El Al., De Mar Perkins

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WILL CONTAIN MUCH FE O2, SAND, LIMESTONE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.121HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS ALONG 150 FT. LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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