Kingston Manganese Occurrence

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015708
MRDS ID DB01850
Record type Site
Current site name Kingston Manganese Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16133, 38.21441 (WGS84)
Elevation 2051

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 003W 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Selenite Gangue

Analytical data

Result PPM: CU = 22 , PB = 23 , ZN = 74 , MO = 5 , AU = LESS THAN .02
Result MN = 1.48 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Dry Hollow Formation
    Rock description Dry Hollow Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Miocene volcanic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kingston Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.05M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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