Staats Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020440
MRDS ID DC13233
Record type Site
Current site name Staats Mine
Alternate or previous names Manganese King-Manganese King #1
Related records 10275590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03192, 39.56745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 0.9 MILE NE OF LADY LAIRD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lady Laird Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(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 011W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hypogene-Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Sill;Quartz Pebble Dikes
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Sill;Quartz Pebble Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Limestone B (Howell Ls) Host;Dolomite A (Howell Ls) Host;Busby Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone B (Howell Ls) Host;Dolomite A (Howell Ls) Host;Busby Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03192, 39.56745

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Drum Mtns Homocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Is Bounded By 2 Se Trending Normal Faults. Both Faults Dip 60 Deg Sw

Ore body information

  • General form LENS SHAPED
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 30 W
    Plunge direction NW
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 34.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Physical Controls. Dolomite "A" & Ls "B" Are The Lowest Units, And Thus The 1st Units To Be Encounted By Ascending Solutions

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REPLACED DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Detroit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Staats
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1925-1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10-35% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 23wt-pct
  • Year 1943
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct
  • Year 1945
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct
  • Year 1946
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct
  • Year 1947
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct
  • Year 1947
    Period 1942-1947
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct
  • Year 1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^27-31% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 29wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^27-31% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 29wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Period 1948-1953
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^27-31% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 29wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES FROM COMBINED PRODUCTION OF STAATS & PRATT MINES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ANY FUTURE MINING WOULD REQUIRE A VERTICAL SHAFT OR WINZE TO RECOVER THE ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.35HA
    Length 146.3M
    Overall depth 34.14M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN PITS, THE LONGEST IS 150 FT LONG & 20 FT DEEP AND 60 FT WIDE. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE #1 SHAFT WITH 2 SHORT LEVELS, THE #4 INCLINE (210 FT) WITH TWO STOPES (100 X 75 X 20 FT)

Comments on development

  • RECENT STAKING HAS TAKEN PLACE. I WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY PAPERS. 20 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TOTALING 4,065 FT WAS DRILLED IN 1941 BY USBM. 11 HOLES CUT ORE BELOW WORKINGS SUGGESTING GOOD POSSIBILITES AT LEAST 250 FT BELOW PRESENT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., STRAZEK, J.A., AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB-MILLARD COUNTIES, UT: USGS BULL 1082-H.

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1938, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE DRUM MTNS: ECON. GEOL. V. 33, NO. 5, P. 508-521.

  • Deposit

    KING, W.H., 1947, DRUM MTN MANGANESE PROJECT: USBM RI 3993.

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL USBM RI 3993

  • Deposit

    1946 DIREXPL USBM RI 3993

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL. 1082-H

  • Production

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., AND OTHER, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSIT OF THE DRUM MTNS.: USGS BULL. 1082-H

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODIES OF MANGANESE CARBONATE ORE HAVE FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF DOLOMITE "A" AT THE BASE OF LIMESTONE "B" IN A NARROW BLOCK BETWEEN THE STAATS & THE SOUTH STAATZ FAULTS. DIP RANGES 20-40 W

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.