The Dry Creek Manganese is a manganese mine located in Piute county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Dry Creek Manganese MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Creek Manganese
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NEARLY VERTICAL LINEAR VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS PRODUCED
Comment (Location): 1 1/2 MILES ABOVE THE MOUTH OF DRY CREEK
Comment (Deposit): THESE DEPOSITS ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEVIER FAULT AND RELATED STRUCTURES, SUGGESTING AN ASSOCIATION WITH HOT-SPRING ACTIVITY WHICH IS STILL ACTIVE IN THE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): KENNEDY, 1963 , GEOLOGY OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, P.
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, 1973 , UTAH GEOLOGIST AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULL 102 , P. 57 .
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