Rochester Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Emery 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078230
MRDS ID W026450
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester Manganese Deposit
Related records 10178439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.04853, 38.96803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Short Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 018E 06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.04853, 38.96803

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 4.27M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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