The Hutch Pasture is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,719 Feet (1,743 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.98056, -111.08583
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Hutch Pasture MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hutch Pasture
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Waterpocket Fold
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Waterpocket Fold
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OVATE BODIES, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Waterpocket Fold Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CROSS-CUTTING VEINLETS 1/8 INCH WIDE AND SMALL OVATE BODIES; MN COATS GRAINS AND PARTLY REPLACES CEMENT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSIT TOO SMALL TO RECOVER APPRECIABLE ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON CRITTENDEN, BULL. 979-
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CRITTENDON, 1951
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1972 , HENRY MOUNTAINS COAL FIELD, IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH COAL FIELDS: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY MONO. 2 , P. 97 - 190 .
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