The Oxen Mine is a manganese mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.97361, -112.07500
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Oxen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oxen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: East Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: New York, Ny.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults (Nw, 50 Sw) And A Small Folded Thrust Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Is Sheared
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE CONTENT OF 22.7 AND 36.5 % MN
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OPEN CUT
Comment (Workings): DEEPEST WORKINGS WERE 35 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS,H.T. & LOVERING,T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 1024, P. 163-164.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., 1951 , MANGANESE DEP OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - A, P. 50
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H. T., 1964 , GEOL OF EUREKA QUAD: USGS BULL 1142 - K, PL 1
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