Susie Q Claims

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020123
MRDS ID DC12604
Record type Site
Current site name Susie Q Claims
Alternate or previous names Iron Lily

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.42914, 38.20579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 1.75 MILE NE OF RED HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 014W 16 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANESE OXIDES OCCURS AS CLINKERY MASSES, SPONGY MASSES, VEINS, OR LAYERED CRUSTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Limestone Is Brecciated And Silicified.

Analytical data

Result USBM TEST: 8.5 % MN, 16.4 % SILICA, 6.5 % CAO, 26.5 % FE, 11.3 % AL2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.42914, 38.20579

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Limestone Strikes N 70 - 75 E, Dip 20 - 25 S.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Two Nearly Vertical Faults, One N - S, The Other E - W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pine Grove District

Comments on the production information

  • SIX TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 40 - 45 % MN WAS SHIPPED IN 1943 .

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT 20 FT DIAM, TWO SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SOME ORES WERE USED AS FLUX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM WAR MIN. REPT.

  • Deposit

    USBM MISC. REPT., W.E. YOUNG

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., 1951 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - A, P. 19 - 20

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-27-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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