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Van Hamet

Occurrence in Garfield 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015567
MRDS ID DB01550
Record type Site
Current site name Van Hamet
Related records 10154893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.54686, 37.75109 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position 17500 FT. SE OF ESCALANTE HIGH SCHOOL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Escalante(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 003E 23 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result MN = 15 - 27 PERCENT, SILICA 45 - 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Carmel Formation
    Rock description Carmel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.54686, 37.75109
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike WNW
    Dip 7 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Van Hamet
    Home office Escalante

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SURFACE PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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