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Standard Manganese Deposit

Past Producer in Huntingdon county in Pennsylvania, United States with commodities Kaolin, Cobalt, Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299217
MAS/MILS ID 0420610001
Record type Site
Current site name Standard Manganese Deposit
Alternate or previous names East and West Pennington Banks

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -78.1672, 40.68721 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huntingdon(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tyrone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tyrone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Juniata(hydrologic unit)

Lower Susquehanna(hydrologic accounting unit)

Susquehanna(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Pennsylvania Huntingdon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sulfur Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Gatesburg Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 6M
    Length 15.2M
    Width 12.2M
    Area 33.4HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N00E:80W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Total Surface Area (HA) 33.4
    Date of Last Modification 820616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1856

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Standard Enterprises, Inc. - Lessee
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. EXAM., STANDARD MANGANESE

  • Deposit

    HUNTINGTON CO., PENNA., 1952

  • Deposit

    FOOSE, RICHARD M., PENNA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4 TH SERIES, BULL M-

  • Deposit

    1945, PP. 94

  • Deposit

    WHITE, I.C., LESLEY, J.P.,ED., 2ND GEOL. SUR OF PA., REPT OF

  • Deposit

    T3, PP 388-399, 1885

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 800-835 OF 1976 ENTRY. GENERAL INFO. FOR RECORDS 010 - 050. BULL M-27 - ROCK AND DEPOSIT CHARACTERISTICS. RECORD 020/ STANDARD MN OWNS 5 ACRES & LEASES 7000 FROM 15 F REC 030 LOCATION OF EAST PENNINGTON PIT REC 040 DEPOSIT ABOUT 4 MI FROM TYRONE. MAX SURFACE. AREA DISTURBED WAS ROUGHLY MEASURED OFF A MINE AREA MAP AND 7.5 MIN TOPO. A CLUDES EAST AND WEST PENNINGTON BANKS AND THE LAND BETWEEN ( 900 FT) RECORD 050/ 2000 TONS OF MANGANESE WERE PRODUCED IN 4 WEEKS 1952. PAST PRODUCTION OF KAOLIN AND IRON ORE IS UNKNOWN. DEPOSIT DISCOVERED AND WORKED FOR FE ORE PRIOR TO 1857 (METH 1-4 PENN. OPERATED IN 1857 AND DATA SINCE THEN FOR BOTH PROPERTIES BUREAU OF MINES EXAMINED THE DEPOSIT IN 1952 AND DRILLED IN REC 070 COBALT ADSORBED ON CRYPTOMELANE. SEVERAL ASSAYS SHOW 40%, & 52% MN, AND 0.59%, 0.79%, & 1.30% CO. COBALT CONTENT TO INCREASE WITH DEPTH. RECORD 080/ COBALT BEARING MANGANESE AND MANGANIFEROUS IRON OCCUR AS NODULES OR MASSIVE ORE IN THE RESIDUAL CLAY OF THE GATESBURG DOLOMITE. THE MINERALS WERE DEPOSITED BY GROUND W AND REPLACE THE CLAY REC 704 DESCRIBES THE IRON DEPOSIT. BUT MN IS APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH SELECTIVE PARTS OF THE PENNINGTON ORE RANGE WHICH OUTCROP A LINE 2 MI FROM THE JUNIATA R. TO THE OLD RAILROAD. THE NW PENNINGTON RIDGE IS COVERED WITH WASH ORE BELOW WHICH LIE BE MASSES OF ROCK ORE BETWEEN RIBS OF SILICEOUS LS. AND INTERCA SHEETS OF WHITE CLAY. ORE BEARING SS MARKS THE LOWER LIMIT O ORE ZONE WHICH GENERALLY STRIKES NE AND DIPS NW. AT THE E. P AN 8-16 FT FLOOR OF ROCK ORE UNDERLIES 50FT OF WASH&LUMP OR CALATED BETWEEN WHITE SANDY CLAY. W PENN. SHOWS 5-10 FT OF S SOIL WITH SOME ORE, 50-80 FT WASH ORE INTERSTATIFIED WITH WH BROWN AND RED CLAY, AND SAND, AND A FLOOR OF RED ROCK ORE. A IN MAIN CUT OF E. PENN. STRUCK A 5 FT LAYER OF FERROMN ORE A REC 700 ESTIMATES 900 LBS OF LUMP MN OX. AND MANGANIFERROUS IN CLAY IN A PROSPECT PIT 50X40X20 FT (DEP. DIM. DATA). A 20 SPEIGELEISEN/HOUR BLAST FURNACE IS ON THE PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

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