Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Juab 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087479
MRDS ID D007518
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29636, 39.87328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NE OF MAPLE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maple Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 004W 16 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29636, 39.87328

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 100M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SUR., ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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