The Duma Point is a manganese mine located in Grand county, Utah.
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Duma Point MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Duma Point
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Little Grand District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NODULES, VEINLETS & LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS ARE LOCATED 18 AND 76 FT. BELOW THE TOP OF THE FORMATION.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A 10 FT. THICK OVERBURDEN WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
Comment (Deposit): THIS AREA CONTAIN ABOUT 60 DEPOSITS IN ONE SQUARE MILE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SHORT ADITS AND OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D. C., AND HUNT, C. B., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SE UTAH: USGS BULL 979-B, P. 105 - 114
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BAKER, A. A. ETAL, 1952
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