The Black John Property is a manganese mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 5,581 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,581 Feet (1,701 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 37.18444, -112.09389
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Black John Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black John Property
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Kane
District: Kitchen Corral Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NODULES, VEIN FILLINGS, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ( 1949 ) CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ORES: 7.1 % MN, 48.7 % SIO2 , 14.3 % AL203 , 3.1 % FE, 0.062 % P, 3.3 % CAO, 54.5 % INSOLUBLES.
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN THIS AREA CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS 11 AND 18 FT DEEP, SEVEN OPEN CUTS, THREE SMALL OPEN PITS, AND FIVE SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Geology): TWO INCHE NODULES OF GRAY LIMESTONE ARE COMMON IN THE SHALE.
Comment (Location): ACC
References
Reference (Deposit): HAVENS, R. AND AGEY, W. W., 1949 , CONCENTRATION OF MANGANESE ORES FROM PIUTE AND KANE COUNTIES: US BUREAU OF MINE REPT. INVEST. 4551 .
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D. C., HUNT, C. B., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SE UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - B, P. 143 - 154 .
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