Dry Canyon Claim

The Dry Canyon Claim 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

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Site Name

Primary: Dry Canyon Claim

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Sevier Plateau Area

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Intermediate Volcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF 25 TO 35 % MANGANESE ACCORDING TO CALLAGHAN ( 1973 ) IS AVAILABLE, BUT THE VEINS ARE SO NARROW THAT MINING MAY NOT BE PRACTICAL

Comment (Deposit): A VEIN AVERAGING 2 FEET WIDE IS EXPOSED FOR 250 FEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN SURVEY BULL. 102 .

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., 1951 , USGS BULL. 979-A.

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