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Baker Hot Springs

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020436
MRDS ID DC13224
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Hot Springs
Alternate or previous names Abraham Hot Springs, Iron King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72914, 39.61301 (WGS84)
Elevation 1416
Relative position EAST SIDE OF CRATER BENCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baker Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 008W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Clay Gangue
Iron Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result 12.6-26.5% MN, 1978 SAMPLE OF TUFFA MOUND CONTAINED 93, PPM U3O8 & 2900 PPM U3O8. WATER SAMPLE CONT. ONLY 2 PPB U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basalts
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR LAYERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Zones Of Weakness Around The Zone Of Thermal Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MANGANESE IS INTERBEDDED WITH NEARLY BARREN CALCAREOUS TUFFA & OCCURS IN A LOW DOME OF 1600 FT IN DIAM. & 15 FT HIGH. HOT WATER DISCHARGES FROM THE TOP AT A RATE OF 1200 GPM. AT 110-182 DEG. F.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1928

Mining district

District name Crater Bench/Fumarole Butte Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Staats

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1929-1930
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20%Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 20wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES ALL LESS THAN 6 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF W. UT: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., FLEISHER, M., & CONKLIN, N., 1963, DEP. OF MN. OXIDES: ECON. GEOLOGY V. 58, NO. 1, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., THOMAS, H.E., 1939, MN. IN THERMAL SPRING IN W. CENTRAL UT: ECON. GEOL. V. 34, NO. 8, P. 905-920.

  • Production

    CRITTENDEN, 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF W. UT.: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 24

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

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