Manganese Prospect

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041864
MRDS ID M057717
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Prospect
Alternate or previous names Salt Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.58876, 38.74304 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 4 MILES WEST OF TURNBOW CABIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Windows Section(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arches National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 021E 03 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF ORE FROM THE SHAFT CONTAIN 36 - 42 % MN.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.58876, 38.74304

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES, VEINLETS
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompson District

Comments on the production information

  • ONE TO TWO TONS OF ORE WERE STOCK PILED NEAR THE SHAFT IN 1940 .

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 32 FT. CRIBBED SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D. C., HUNT, C. B., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SE UTAH: USGS BULL 979-B, P. 120 - 121

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.