King Tut Mine

Past Producer in Millard 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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101639
MRDS ID D006112
Record type Site
Current site name King Tut Mine
Alternate or previous names Yellow Cat Claim
Related records 10154746

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.00887, 39.52717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF LADY LAIRD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lady Laird Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(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)

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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 010W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Busby Quartzite;Limestone
    Rock description Busby Quartzite;Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.00887, 39.52717

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faulting-Drum Mtns Homocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 22 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone And Favorable Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Detroit District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chesley Wacker

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS, ALL DEEPER THAN 50 FEET, 3 SHAFTS AT 15 FEET, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER SCRAPES AND CUTS; ALL SHAFTS AT CONTACT OF BUSBY QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE OF CAMBRIAN AGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB AND MILLARD COUNTIES, UTAH; USGS BULLETIN 1082-H

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H H, 1969, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DYKE CLAIMS, DRUM MTNS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH; UGMS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO 41

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, R S, ETAL, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH; US GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 111, P 463-465

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, G B, 1974, THE OCCURRENCE, ORIGIN, & ECONOMIC SIGNIF OF AU BEARING JASPEROIDS IN THE CENTRAL DRUM MTNS, UT: STANFORD UNIV, PH D DISS, 354 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, ETAL, PROF, PAPER 111

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, ETAL, BULLETIN 1082-H

  • Deposit

    1969 RECON UGMS, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS #41

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURING AT FAULT CONTACTS OF BUSBY QUARTZITE AND CAMBRIAN LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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