The Allens Ranch Prospects No. 3 is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,449 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: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.04778, -112.06389
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Allens Ranch Prospects No. 3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Allens Ranch Prospects No. 3
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: North Tintic District
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/Underground
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS TO MAJOR WORKING IN GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): SE PROSPECT IS A 6 FT DIAMETER PIT 18 IN DEEP IN COLLUVIUM; S CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A 15 FT INCLINED SHAFT, PARTIALLY COLLAPSE, IN BRECCIATED DOLOMITE WITH IRON AND MANGANESE STAINING; THE SW PROSPECT IS A 20 FT BY 6 FT CUT IN DOLOMITE EXPOSING AN IRREGULAR AND CALCITE REPLACEMENT BODY UP TO ONE FT. THICK; THE NORTH PROSPECT IS A 10 FT BY 5 FT BY 3 FT DEEP PIT ON IRON AND CALCITE REPLACEMENT BODY, N21E 41E, 3 FT MAX. THICKNESS
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP MF 45.
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