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Snow Deposit

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096423
MRDS ID W019059
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Deposit
Related records 10275806

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.17825, 38.80386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 1.4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MUDDY RIVER BRIDGE ON I-70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mesa Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 023S 007E 18 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.17825, 38.80386
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG SW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Muddy River Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom And Leon Mortensen

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS ACCORDING TO BAKER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.012HA
    Length 4.57M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 38.4M
    Overall width 3.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1952 COMPILE BAKER, A. A. BULLETI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BAKER, A. A., 1952

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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