The Spring Gulch Mawganese Deposit is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 8,159 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
Elevation: 8,159 Feet (2,487 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.13194, -111.31528
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Spring Gulch Mawganese Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spring Gulch Mawganese Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Miners Mountain 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
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 Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs - Teasdale Anticline
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPELIKE MASSES, LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Teasdale Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107 , P. 138 - 139 .
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F. J., JR., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDKE, R. G., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 363 .
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON BAKER, A. A. BULLETI
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A. A. AND OTHERS, 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 979-B, P. 68 , 142 , 143 .
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