| Deposit ID | 10042210 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058596 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oxen Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.07607, 39.97328 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1987 |
| Relative position | 8000 FT N 9 E OF BIG HILL |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 09 | NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 19.4% MN, 7.1% AL203, 4.5% FE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Packard Quartz Latite | ||||||
| Rock description | Packard Quartz Latite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Cole Canyon Dolomite;Herkimer Limestone |
| Rock description | Cole Canyon Dolomite;Herkimer Limestone |
| (1) | -112.07607, 39.97328 |
|---|
| General form | REPLACEMENT |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | New York, N.Y. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058596 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN, UTAH, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 979-A
IPSEN, A.O. AND OTHERS, 1949 CONCENTRATION OF MANGANESE ORES FROM TINTIC DISTRICT: US BUREAU OF MINES REPT OF INVESTIGATION NO. 4548.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1920S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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