The Elephant Back South Prospect is a manganese mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,529 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,529 Feet (1,990 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 38.35917, -113.84250
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Elephant Back South Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elephant Back South Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Washington District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Needles Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Fracturing And Brecciation, Possibly In A N-S Trenching Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Recrystallization Of Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF WAD-CEMENTED LIMESTONE BRECCIA. WAD OCCURS IN PODS UP TO 1 FOOT IN DIAMETER. ASSOCIATED ALTERATION INCLUDES RECRYSTALLIZATION OF LIMESTONE AND HEMATITE STAIN. BRECCIA IS IRREGULAR IN DISTRIBUTION, BUT SEVERAL N-S TRENDING FAULTS AND ALTERATION BELTS EXIST IN THE AREA.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SHAFT, ABOUT 30 FEET DEEP, AND ONE PROSPECT PIT ABOUT 60 FEET IN DIAMETER
References
Reference (Deposit): BEST, M.G., GRANT, S.K., AND HOLMES, R.D., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MINERS CABIN WASH AND BUCKHORN SPRING QUADRANGLES, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1612.
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
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