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Oxen Mine

Past Producer in Utah 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021076
MRDS ID DC14844
Record type Site
Current site name Oxen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07579, 39.97356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 0.5 MILE EAST OF HOMANSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 09 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Sheared

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE CONTENT OF 22.7 AND 36.5 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07579, 39.97356
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults (Nw, 50 Sw) And A Small Folded Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, PODS
    Strike NE
    Dip 25 NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Faults, Fractures, Joints, And Bedding Planes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 53.34M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEPEST WORKINGS WERE 35 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN CUT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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