Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USAi
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| Lake Mountains Mining District | Mining District |
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Soldiers Pass Mining District
The Lake Mountains (Soldiers Pass) mining district covers the southern Lake Mountains of west-central Utah County, immediately west of Utah Lake. The district produced a small amount of Mn ore between 1930 and 1943. Total district metal production at modern metal prices is estimated at $157,000. The Wildcat underground mine is the only known metal producer, but the district also covers several larger industrial mineral operations (Crittenden, 1951).
The Lake Mountains are positioned in the eastern part of the Basin and Range Province in central Utah. The most prominent structure in the range is the Lake Mountains syncline. The Wildcat Mn mine is located on the west flank of the range in east- dipping Upper Mississippian Manning Canyon Shale. The Manning Canyon Shale is a 1200-ft-thick interbedded sequence of shale, siltstone, sandstone, and limestone. The Mn ore is hosted in a heavily faulted, thin-bedded, shaly limestone. The ore occurs as stringers and veins following both bedding and east-west-trending faults with small Mn replacements a few feet across (USGS Model 19b). The primary ore was spongy masses of cryptomelane having average shipped grades of about 45% Mn (Crittenden, 1951). The Lake Mountains are currently quarried for crushed stone from the Mississippian Deseret Limestone and common clay from the Mississippian Manning Canyon Shale and Tertiary Salt Lake Group.
The Lake Mountains are positioned in the eastern part of the Basin and Range Province in central Utah. The most prominent structure in the range is the Lake Mountains syncline. The Wildcat Mn mine is located on the west flank of the range in east- dipping Upper Mississippian Manning Canyon Shale. The Manning Canyon Shale is a 1200-ft-thick interbedded sequence of shale, siltstone, sandstone, and limestone. The Mn ore is hosted in a heavily faulted, thin-bedded, shaly limestone. The ore occurs as stringers and veins following both bedding and east-west-trending faults with small Mn replacements a few feet across (USGS Model 19b). The primary ore was spongy masses of cryptomelane having average shipped grades of about 45% Mn (Crittenden, 1951). The Lake Mountains are currently quarried for crushed stone from the Mississippian Deseret Limestone and common clay from the Mississippian Manning Canyon Shale and Tertiary Salt Lake Group.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Onyx | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ | Cryptomelane | 4.DK.05a | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | var. Limestone Onyx | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrophyllite | 9.EC.10 | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Muscovite var. Illite | 9.EC.15 | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| ⓘ | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | |
| ⓘ | Montmorillonite | 9.EC.40 | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Halloysite | 9.ED.10 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Hydrohalloysite | 9.ED.10 | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Orthoclase | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Wad' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Montmorillonite | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Hydrohalloysite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Cryptomelane | K(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Montmorillonite | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Onyx | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| O | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| O | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| O | ⓘ Hydrohalloysite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · 2H2O |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Montmorillonite | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Na | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Montmorillonite | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Mg | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Montmorillonite | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Al | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Al | ⓘ Hydrohalloysite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · 2H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Montmorillonite | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Onyx | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| Si | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | ⓘ Hydrohalloysite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · 2H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Cryptomelane | K(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite | K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Montmorillonite | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite var. Limestone Onyx | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Cryptomelane | K(Mn74+Mn3+)O16 |
| Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
Fossils
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- Utah
- Utah County
- Lake Mountains Mining District
- Ace Manganese Prospects
- Black Point NW Prospect
- Black Point South Pit
- Cat Hill NE Pit
- Cat Hill North Prospect
- Cedarstrom Clay Pit
- Dutchman No. 2 Clay Pit
- Eroch Ridge Prospect
- Fawn Clay Pits
- Fox Hills Clay Pit (Aluminum; Lake; Susan Jane)
- Grey Eagle Clay Pit
- Iron Hill Central Adit Occurrence
- Iron Hill North West Pit
- Iron Hill Pits
- Iron Hill South West Prospect
- Iron Hill West Central Prospect
- Ivans Canyon Pits
- Jack Rabbit Pit
- Little Canyon North Prospects
- Little Canyon Pit
- Long Canyon South Clay Pit
- Long Ridge SE Prospect
- Long Ridge South Prospects
- Mercer Canyon Pit
- Overcross Pit
- ⭔Pelican Point Area
- Lake Mountains Mining District
- Utah County
- Utah
- Utah County
- Lake Mountains Mining District
- Pelican Point Area
- Limestone Mine (MRDS - 10300949)
- Little Canyon Upper Workings Occurrence
- Long Ridge North Pits
- Losee Canyon Clay Prospects
- Mountaintop occurrence
- Pelican Point
- Pelican Point Quarry
- Pelican Valley vein
- Philippine claim
- Potter claim
- Roger Cedarstrom Calcite Mine
- Unknown Calcium (MRDS - 10021313)
- Utah Valley vein
- ⭔Pfeiffer Canyon area
- Pfeiffer Canyon Middle Prospects
- Pfeiffer Canyon Upper Prospects
- ⭔Saratoga Springs Area
- Seep Canyon Pit
- ⭔Soldiers Pass Area
- Soldiers Pass East Pit
- Soldiers Pass South Prospects
- Unknown Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10021329)
- W. H. Prince and Sons
- W. H. Prince and Sons Pit
- White Canyon North Pits
- White Knoll Pit
- White Knoll West Pit
- Wildcat Canyon North Prospects
- Wildcat Mine (Steele Mine; Black Hawk Claims)
- Wiley Canyon NW Clay Pit
- Wiley Canyon South Clay Pits
- Pelican Point Area
- Lake Mountains Mining District
- Utah County
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- Oquirrh BasinBasin
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Hilltop Clay pit, Pelican Point area, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA