Manning Creek Deposit

The Manning Creek Deposit is a aluminum, potassium, and kaolin mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 8,199 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

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Site Name

Primary: Manning Creek Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Primary: Kaolin

Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Straight Canyon

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SHOWS 5 SAMPLES RANGE FROM 0 % TO 47 % ALUNITE

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Ore: Kaolinite

Comments

Comment (Workings): CALLAGHAN ( 1973 , P. 115 ) REPORTS A SHORT ADIT, LONG ADIT, AND A SHAFT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) COMMENTS THAT MUCH PHYSICAL EXPLORATION IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE IF AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE OPERATION COULD BE UNDERTAKEN

Comment (Reserve-Resource): QUOTE OF AN UNPUB EST BY M. E. WILLARD

Comment (Location): SLOPES EITHER SIDE OF STRAIGHT CREEK, A SOUTH BRANCH OF MANNING CREEK ABOUT A MILE EAST OF THE CANYON MOUTH

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Geology): WILLARD REPORTS CONSIDERABLE PYRITE APPEARING IN THE SOUTH ADIT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 117

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 115 - 117

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E.,1938, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ALUNITE DEPOSITS OF THE MARYSVALE REGION, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 886D, P.91-134.

Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J.R.,1941, ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 3561, 48 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1918 DIREXPL UNKNOWN: SHAFT, ADITS

Reference (Deposit): 1938 RECON E. CALLAGHAN: BULL. 886-D

Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP M. E. WILLARD: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , FIG. 70

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