Baker Hot Springs

The Baker Hot Springs is a manganese mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 4,646 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Baker Hot Springs
Secondary: Abraham Hot Springs
Secondary: Iron King Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Crater Bench/Fumarole Butte Area

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

Owner Name: Fred Staats

Production

Year: 1930
Time Period: 1929-1930
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20%Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Crater Bench

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR LAYERS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

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

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES ALL LESS THAN 6 FT. DEEP

Comment (Geology): 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.

References

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

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

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

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

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

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