| Deposit ID | 10021332 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15657 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wildcat Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Steele Mine, Black Hawk Claims |
| Related records | 10203710, 10300705 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.96385, 40.22827 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1713 |
| Relative position | 11,000 FT N6E OF SOLDIERS PASS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Soldiers Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 001W | 09 | NE OF SW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Wad | Ore |
| Result | ORE SHIPPED MN-43.62% |
|---|---|
| Result | FE-1.47 |
| Result | SI-6.3 |
| Result | AL2O3-2.1 |
| Result | P-0 |
| Result | ZN-0 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrh |
| Rock description | Oquirrh |
| (1) | -111.96385, 40.22827 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Lake Mountain Syncline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N55-75E |
| Dip | 45E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1930 |
| District name | Soldiers Pass Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chester And Clay Steele |
| Home office | Santaguin, Ut. |
| Year | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^40-50% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1931 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^40-50% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^43-5% Mn | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 76.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15657 |
CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH: DEPT. OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 35, P. 19-24
BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46P.
TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN WESTERN, UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 44-46.
CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, P. 44-46.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAIN DEPOSIT IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF GULLY; MANGANESE IN NORTHERN WORKINGS OCCURS AS CRYPTOMELANE FILLED JOINTS, 1 TO 4 INCHES WIDE, ALONG STRIKE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1982 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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