White Wash Manganese Deposits

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088005
MRDS ID DB00135
Record type Site
Current site name White Wash Manganese Deposits
Related records 10227124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.04155, 38.81554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 4.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUBY RANCH.

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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 017E 15,16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SEC. 15 , NE 1/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Celestite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE - 33.5 % MN. LARRY TRIMBLE, 1977

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Summerville Formation
    Rock description Summerville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike DUE EAST
    Dip 3 DEG N
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Inter River District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.784HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., 1921 , DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON, USGS BULL. 725 - C.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D. C., AND HUNT, C. B., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH, PART 2 , USGS BULL. 979 B.

  • Deposit

    1921 RECON PARDEE, J. T. - BULL. 725 - C

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON BAKER A. A. - BULL. 979 - B

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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