The Kramer Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.02889, -112.18306
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Kramer Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kramer Manganese Mine
Secondary: International No. 2 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: North Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW OF SW SE
Comment (Production): PROD. 1930-1931, 1939, AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): SOUTHERNMOST PROSPECT IS ONLY ONE THAT SHOWS SIGNS OF MANGANESE MINERALIZATION, THE TWO CENTRAL PITS ARE OUT IN ALLUVIUM AND THE NORTH PIT IS CUT IN IRON STAINED LIMESTONE
Comment (Workings): FOUR SMALL PITS, THE SOUTHERNMOST PIT IS 15 FEET DEEP AND THE OTHER THREE ARE VERY SHALLOW.
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14
Reference (Production): CRIB FILE 12
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.
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