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Dry Canyon Claim

Occurrence in Piute 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010345
MRDS ID D003952
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Canyon Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10521, 38.35608 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Malmsten Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002W 028S 22 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10521, 38.35608
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures In Host Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sevier Plateau Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF 25 TO 35 % MANGANESE ACCORDING TO CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) IS AVAILABLE, BUT THE VEINS ARE SO NARROW THAT MINING MAY NOT BE PRACTICAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN SURVEY BULL. 102 .

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., 1951 , USGS BULL. 979-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VEIN AVERAGING 2 FEET WIDE IS EXPOSED FOR 250 FEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

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