The Bob Hill Spring Manganese Deposit is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 7,139 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,139 Feet (2,176 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.21472, -110.68444
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Bob Hill Spring Manganese Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bob Hill Spring Manganese Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Cedar Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Uranex Mining Corp. Mineral Energy Inc. Delyn Heaps El Al., De Mar Perkins
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematization And Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION, NE 1/4, SEC 33 450 FT. NORTH WEST OF EAST 1/4 CORNER SEC. 33
Comment (Reserve-Resource): WILL CONTAIN MUCH FE O2, SAND, LIMESTONE
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS ALONG 150 FT. LENGTH.
Comment (Commodity): LOW GRADE SCATTERED MANGANESE NODULES
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A. A., DUNCAN, D.C., AND HUNT C.B., 1952 MANGANESE DEPS. OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH PART 2 USGS BULL 979 -
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