Northeast of White Wash

Past Producer in Grand 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041856
MRDS ID M057704
Record type Site
Current site name Northeast of White Wash

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.00461, 38.80581 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Green River SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 017E 13,14,24 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Chert Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result A CHIP SAMPLE CONTAIN 15.4 % MN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.00461, 38.80581

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Deposit Is Near The Axis Of A Low Northwestward Plunging Anticlinal Nose.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Little Grand District

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1918 .

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NARROW STRIP PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D. C., AND HUNT, C. B., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SE UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-B, P. 100 - 105

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER HORIZON OF POTASH WAS REACH BETWEEN 2850 - 3000 FT.
Deposit ANOTHER WELL, THE BALSLEY NO. 1 WELL, 2.5 MILES SE OF KING NO. 1 , IS 6120 FT DEEP AND REACHED A POSSIBLE POTASH HORIZON BETWEEN 2132 FT. AND 2185 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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