Mine detail: Utonia Mine

Previously called 'Utonia Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.92911, -112.72414

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Galena, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	REPLACEMENT
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1899
Last production ended:	1899

Geology

Host type:	Argillite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Sheeprock Thrust Fault Inferred To Lie About 2,000 Feet Beneath Death Canyon; Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt, Anticline Along Axis Of Death Canyon, Local Fracture Zones
Tectonic:	Sevier Thrust Belt, Basin And Range Extension, Miogeoclinal Shelf Environment
Alteration processes:	Propylitic

References

MRDS	RE00170
DEP	10088978
Reference	{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH, USGS BULLETIN 979-A, P. 44}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1921, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-C}{Deposit:: ANNON., 1899, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL 1, AUGUST 15, PAGE 12}{Deposit:: MORRIS 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: UGMS (IN PROGRESS)}{Production:: ANNON, 1899, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, VOL 1, AUG. 15, PAGE 12}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.