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Manning Creek Deposit

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium, Kaolin
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  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094254
MRDS ID D002013
Record type Site
Current site name Manning Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09688, 38.42636 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 7.5 MI ESE OF MARYSVALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 2W 26,27,34,35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SLOPES EITHER SIDE OF STRAIGHT CREEK, A SOUTH BRANCH OF MANNING CREEK ABOUT A MILE EAST OF THE CANYON MOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Kaolinite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SHOWS 5 SAMPLES RANGE FROM 0 % TO 47 % ALUNITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09688, 38.42636
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • WILLARD REPORTS CONSIDERABLE PYRITE APPEARING IN THE SOUTH ADIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Marysvale Region

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) COMMENTS THAT MUCH PHYSICAL EXPLORATION IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE IF AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE OPERATION COULD BE UNDERTAKEN
  • QUOTE OF AN UNPUB EST BY M. E. WILLARD

Comments on the workings information

  • CALLAGHAN ( 1973 , P. 115 ) REPORTS A SHORT ADIT, LONG ADIT, AND A SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WW1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Hall, Robert B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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