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Benmore

Past Producer in Tooele 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102143
MRDS ID DC15262
Record type Site
Current site name Benmore
Alternate or previous names Larsen - Winberg
Related records 10154696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50774, 39.97438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 9 MILES S-SW OF VERNON NEAR HEAD OF HARKER CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erickson Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 006W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES: APRIL SHOWER CLAIM AND THE BLACK CROW NOS. 1 - 4 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result EST: 10 - 20 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50774, 39.97438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartzite Has A Vertical Dip, Ore Zone Has A Small Sw Dip.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ELONGATE BODIES
    Length 91.44M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS AS IMPREGNATIONS AND SPONGY MASSES. QUARTZITE IS SHATTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Columbia District

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Period 1937
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 25 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDES THOSE FROM THE SHARP MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1929-1931; 1939-1940

  • Deposit

    COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 979-A, 1951

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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

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