The Utah Mine is a tungsten and manganese mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Utah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Mine
Secondary: Member of Stephens Group
Secondary: Morton Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Pleasant Valley
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^31.2 To 38.1 % Mn
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^After Sorting Est. 300 Tons Averaging 40 % Mn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS LIKE BODIES ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND JOINTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.75 % TUNGSTIC ACID IN CRUDE ORE
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Production): 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.
Comment (Deposit): ZONE IS 20-30 FT. LONG, 3-5 FT. WIDE
Comment (Workings): 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)
Comment (Deposit): RECORD ( D001340 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 71 .
Reference (Deposit): LIBBEY, F. W., ET AL, 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 17 , P. 51 .
Reference (Deposit): GILLUILY, J., 1937 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, OREGON: USGS BULL. 879 , P.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., 1922 , MANGANESE IN MONTANA, UTAH, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON; USGS BULL. 725 - C, P. 224 - 227 .
Reference (Deposit): 5) LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): 6) LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 19
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATE
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