The Payday Group is a manganese mine located in Weber county, Utah at an elevation of 5,830 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,830 Feet (1,777 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 41.30028, -111.58444
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Payday Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Payday Group
Secondary: Shamrock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Weber
District: Argenta District
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
Not available
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6.1% BA
Analytical Data: 0.14% P
Analytical Data: 0.3% FE
Analytical Data: 17.2% SIO2
Analytical Data: SELECT SAMPLE 39.5% MN
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): SHIPPED TO A PAINT COMPANY IN OGDEN, UTAH
Comment (Deposit): COATING OF MN MINERALS ON CLASTS, CONCENTRATED IN LOWER 2 FT OF HOST FORMATION, ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT WITH 40 FT. DIAMETER AND 25 FT. DEEP. ALONG WITH SEVERAL SHALLOW DIGGINGS
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE CLASTS ARE A FEW INCHES TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR, 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 929-A
Reference (Deposit): MULLENS, T.E., 1969, GEOL. MAP OF THE CAUSEY DAM QUADRANGLE, WEBER CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GQ-790
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., 1981
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MULLENS, T.E., 1969
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