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Democracy Manganese Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Tungsten, Barium-Barite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037370
MRDS ID M032069
Record type Site
Current site name Democracy Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names Hulse, Rosencrans Manganese
Related records 10270742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.31306, 38.40439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2630
Relative position 4 MILES S OF ATLANTA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
06N 68E 02,11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON ROSENCRANS PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER ORE MINERALS NOT GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE

Analytical data

Result SEMIQUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, J. C. HAMILTON, USGS: 7 % BA
Result 0.15 % SI
Result 0.7 % AL
Result 0.3 % FE
Result 0.3 % CA
Result 0.3 % NA
Result 0.007 % BE
Result 0.015 % CU
Result 0.7 % SR
Result 0.15 % TL
Result 0.03 % V
Result 3 % W
Result 0.015 % Y
Result 0.0015 % YB
Result 44 % MN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.31306, 38.40439
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2-3 FOOT VEIN OF MN OXIDES. ORE IS DENSE BOTRYOIDAL PSILOMELANE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlanta District; Silver Park District; Silver Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEV. BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D. F., FLEISCHER, M., AND CONKLIN, V. M., 1963, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE OXIDE: ECON. GEOL. VOL 58, NO. 1, P. 17, 21.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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