The Daggett Chief Workings is a manganese mine located in Daggett county, Utah at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.95, -109.77222
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Daggett Chief Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daggett Chief Workings
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Daggett
District: Manila Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pallesin (Estate)
Owner Name: John E. Harris
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR AND IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization-Hematitization
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SIMPLE WASHING & SCREENING CAN UPGRADE TO 30 PERCENT & MORE COMPLEX CONCENTRATION PRODUCT TO 50 PERCENT
Analytical Data: RAW ARE AVERAGED 8.1 PERCENT
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Manganite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SEVERAL STOCK PILES OF ORE AMOUNT TO ABOUT 20 TONS, THE REMAINDER IS IN VIEW, BUT UNMINED
Comment (Production): A FEW TEST LOTS MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS AND LENTICULAR BODIES ALONG 2000 FT. OF OUTCROP
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY BULLDOZER CUTS, 1 SHALLOW SHAFT (VERTICAL) AT WEST END OF WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: HEIM AND ALLSMAN, 1950
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1964, MANGANESE IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURV BULL. 73, P 103-108
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO.; UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66, P. 93.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERMAN, G.G. 1955, GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE NORTH FLANK OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS: UNPUBL. P.H.D. THESIS, PRINCETON UNIV.
Reference (Deposit): HEIM, G.W. AND P.T. ALLSMAN: 1950, INV. OF DAGGETT CHIEF MANGANESE DEPOSIT, MANILA, DAGGETT CO., UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4731
Reference (Deposit): HEIM, G.W. AND ALLSMAN, P.T., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF DAGGETT CHIEF MANGANESE DEPOSIT, MANILA, DAGGETT COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4731, 9 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1941 DIREXPL BUREAU OF MINES RI 4731
Reference (Deposit): 1941 GEOLMAP DONALD DUNCAN AND FRANK BYERS
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SUR
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1980 UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.
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