Spry

The Spry is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 6,680 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Spry

Commodity

Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Spry

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Markagunt Plateau

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Laccolith

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematitization

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 42 % MN, 10 % BA

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LESS THAN 10 TONS.

Comment (Location): SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 14

Comment (Production): SMALL, PRESUMABLY FOR TESTING PURPOSES, PROBABLY 1 OR 2 TONS TOTAL

Comment (Workings): MINED TO DEPTH OF 3 FT.

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P 136

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107

Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UGM

Reference (Production): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 ,P. 136 .

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