The Northeast of White Wash is a manganese mine located in Grand county, Utah.
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Northeast of White Wash MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Northeast of White Wash
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Little Grand District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Deposit Is Near The Axis Of A Low Northwestward Plunging Anticlinal Nose.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A CHIP SAMPLE CONTAIN 15.4 % MN.
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Chert
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1918 .
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NARROW STRIP PITS.
Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER HORIZON OF POTASH WAS REACH BETWEEN 2850 - 3000 FT.
Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER WELL, THE BALSLEY NO. 1 WELL, 2.5 MILES SE OF KING NO. 1 , IS 6120 FT DEEP AND REACHED A POSSIBLE POTASH HORIZON BETWEEN 2132 FT. AND 2185 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D. C., AND HUNT, C. B., 1952 , MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SE UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-B, P. 100 - 105
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