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Utah Mine

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Manganese, Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032676
MRDS ID M014334
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Mine
Alternate or previous names Member of Stephens Group, Morton Group
Related records 10127832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.62825, 44.70042 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 041E 13 NE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.75 % TUNGSTIC ACID IN CRUDE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.62825, 44.70042
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS LIKE BODIES ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND JOINTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pleasant Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^After Sorting Est. 300 Tons Averaging 40 % Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 40wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^31.2 To 38.1 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 WAS MANGANESE-BEARING MATERIAL PRODUCED FROM UTAH MINE OF STEPHENS GROUP; IN USGS BULL 879 , GILLULY STATED THAT AN ATTEMPT HAD BEEN MADE TO "UTILIZE THE ... MANGANESE ORES OF THE STEPHENS GROUP FOR TUNGSTEN". MANGANESE ORE IS LOW-GRADE AND HIGH IN SILICA.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 SHAFTS AND A STOPE. DEVELOPMENT WORK REACHED DEPTH OF 45 FT. 1917 ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM UTAH MINE OF STEPHENS GROUP; IN USGS BULL 879 , GILLULY STATED THAT AN ATTEMPT HAD BEEN MADE TO (UTILIZE THE ... MN ORES ... FOR TUNGSTEN)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., ET AL, 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 17 , P. 51 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 71 .

  • Deposit

    GILLUILY, J., 1937 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, OREGON: USGS BULL. 879 , P.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., 1922 , MANGANESE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON; USGS BULL. 725 - C, P. 224 - 227 .

  • Deposit

    5) LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    6) LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 19

  • Production

    LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE IS 20-30 FT. LONG, 3-5 FT. WIDE
Deposit RECORD ( D001340 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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