The Spry is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 6,680 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.03417, -112.37639
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Spry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spry
Commodity
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Spry
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Markagunt Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Laccolith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematitization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 42 % MN, 10 % BA
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LESS THAN 10 TONS.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 14
Comment (Production): SMALL, PRESUMABLY FOR TESTING PURPOSES, PROBABLY 1 OR 2 TONS TOTAL
Comment (Workings): MINED TO DEPTH OF 3 FT.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P 136
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UGM
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 ,P. 136 .
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