The Deer Trail Claims is a manganese mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,971 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,971 Feet (1,820 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.91694, -112.65444
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Deer Trail Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deer Trail Claims
Secondary: Black Gap
Secondary: O'Connor Mine
Secondary: Monzo 69-72 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. A. Elkins Or V. T. Slaughter
Years: 1944 -
Owner Name: J. T. O'Connor Or Wendell L. Butcher
Years: 1946 -
Production
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^26% Mn
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1931-1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^25-30% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1931
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sevier Thrust Belt (Sheeprock Thrust Inferred At Shallow Depth), Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belty
Type: L
Description: Intersection Between Judd Creek Fault (N-Nw) And An E-Ne Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 22.2% MN, 0.4% ZN, 0.05% AG. CRITTENDEN (1951) STATES THAT ORE MAY ASSAY AS HIGH AS 25% MN, 22% PB AND A FEW DOLLARS PER TON AU. USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 41.27 ALSO CITES EARLIER REPORTS OF ASSAYS OF LEAD-ZINC ORE WITH HIGH GOLD CONTENT FROM THE UPPER ADIT. HOWEVER, NO SUCH ORE WAS NOTED BY USBM PERSONNEL.
Analytical Data: USBM, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 41.27 LISTS TWO ASSAYS OF VEIN SAMPLES: 24.7% MN, 0.8% ZN, 0.05% AG
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MN OXIDES FILLING VEINS AND BRECCIAS. DEPOSIT LOCATED NEAR INTERSECTION BETWEEN AN E-NE STRIKING FAULT AND THE N-NW STRIKING JUDD CREEK FAULT
Comment (Location): THIS CARD SUPERCEDES RECORD NO. DC15281. LOCATION GIVEN BY CRITTENDEN IS IN ERROR BY ONE MILE, MINE LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTH EDGE OF SECTION 29 RATHER THAN NEAR THE NORTH EDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): OVERBURDEN AND CONCENTRATES. 760 TONS FROM 1931,1936 AND 1943
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN A MANNER CLOSELY RESEMBLING THAT OF THE BLACK ROCK GROUP: RHODONITE AND RHODOCHROSITE ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA, SPHALERITE AND A LITTLE CHALCOPYRITE, AT DEPTHS OF 50 FT OR LESS
Comment (Workings): WORKING CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND ONE PROSPECT PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T. AND KOPF, R.W., 1985, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PART OF THE COYOTE SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALS SURVEY (IN PROGRESS).
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1950, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 41.27
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE 03-28-1958
Reference (Production): CRITTENDEN, 1951
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL. 979-A P. 43
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