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Little Daggett Chief. Workings

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. 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 10094374
MRDS ID D006259
Record type Site
Current site name Little Daggett Chief. Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.75962, 40.94634 (WGS84)
Elevation 2076
Relative position 2 MILES SSE OF BIRCH SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessen Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 019E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization-Hematitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Formation;Brushy Basin Member-Morrison Formation
    Rock description Dakota Formation;Brushy Basin Mbr-Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.75962, 40.94634
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Vertical Beds - Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Base Of Dakota Fm

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manila

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PERHAPS - SMALL (1-2 TON) TEST LOTS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1 OR 2 TONS REMAIN IN VIEW

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.035HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUADRANGLE MAP INDICATES ADIT, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY SUBSEQUENT SURFACE WORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1964, MANGANESE IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURV. BULL 73 P 103-108

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R. 1959 GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO. UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURV BULL 66 P 93

  • Deposit

    ANDERMAN, G.G. 1955, GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE NORTH FLANK OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS: UNPUBL PH.D THESIS, PRINCETON UNIV.

  • Deposit

    1941 GEOLMAP DUNCAN AND BYER

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., (1980) UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980 UT. GEOL. AND MINER SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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