The Benmore is a manganese mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.97444, -112.50694
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Benmore MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Benmore
Secondary: Larsen - Winberg
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1937
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 25 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR ELONGATE BODIES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Quartzite Has A Vertical Dip, Ore Zone Has A Small Sw Dip.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EST: 10 - 20 % MN
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS AS IMPREGNATIONS AND SPONGY MASSES. QUARTZITE IS SHATTERED.
Comment (Location): INCLUDES: APRIL SHOWER CLAIM AND THE BLACK CROW NOS. 1 - 4 .
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDES THOSE FROM THE SHARP MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. 1929-1931; 1939-1940
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 979-A, 1951
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