Dry Creek Manganese

The Dry Creek Manganese is a manganese mine located in Piute county, Utah.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Dry Creek Manganese  

State:  Utah

County:  Piute

Elevation:

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 38.37611, -112.09222

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Dry Creek Manganese MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dry Creek Manganese


Commodity

Primary: Manganese


Location

State: Utah
County: Piute


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: NEARLY VERTICAL LINEAR VEIN


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Clay


Comments

Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS PRODUCED

Comment (Location): 1 1/2 MILES ABOVE THE MOUTH OF DRY CREEK

Comment (Deposit): THESE DEPOSITS ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEVIER FAULT AND RELATED STRUCTURES, SUGGESTING AN ASSOCIATION WITH HOT-SPRING ACTIVITY WHICH IS STILL ACTIVE IN THE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): KENNEDY, 1963 , GEOLOGY OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, P.

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, 1973 , UTAH GEOLOGIST AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULL 102 , P. 57 .


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