Commodities
PrimaryManganese
SecondaryLead, Silver, Gold
TertiaryZinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures And Breccia Zones
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Unit 8 Of The Simpson Mountain Sequence, Possibly Correlative With The Big Cottonwood Formation;
StructureSevier Thrust Belt (Sheeprock Thrust Inferred At Shallow Depth), Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belty, Intersection Between Judd Creek Fault (N-Nw) And An E-Ne Fault
Tectonic settingBasin-Range Extension, Earlier Back-Arc Compression
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1931
Last production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10055184
MRDS IDRE00247
Alternate namesBlack Gap, O'Connor Mine, Monzo 69-72 Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.91688, -112.65525
References
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL. 979-A P. 43MORRIS, H.T. AND KOPF, R.W., 1985, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PART OF THE COYOTE SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALS SURVEY (IN PROGRESS).U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1950, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 41.27CONSV. COMP. DATE 03-28-1958CRITTENDEN, 1951