Staats Mine

The Staats Mine is a manganese mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,079 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Staats Mine
Secondary: Manganese King-Manganese King #1

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Detroit District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Fred Staats
Years: 1961 -

Production

Year: 1953
Description: Ap_Grade: ^27-31% Mn
Year: 1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
Year: 1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
Year: 1945
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
Year: 1943
Description: Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
Year: 1948
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^27-31% Mn
Year: 1944
Description: Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1948-1953
Description: Cp_Grade: ^27-31% Mn
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1942-1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20-30% Mn
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1925-1941
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-35% Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
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: Drum Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS SHAPED

Structure

Type: R
Description: Drum Mtns Homocline

Type: L
Description: Mineralization Is Bounded By 2 Se Trending Normal Faults. Both Faults Dip 60 Deg Sw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hypogene-Hydrothermal

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ANY FUTURE MINING WOULD REQUIRE A VERTICAL SHAFT OR WINZE TO RECOVER THE ORE

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

Comment (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

Comment (Production): FIGURES FROM COMBINED PRODUCTION OF STAATS & PRATT MINES.

Comment (Workings): 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)

Comment (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

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: REPLACED DOLOMITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): KING, W.H., 1947, DRUM MTN MANGANESE PROJECT: USBM RI 3993.

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

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

Reference (Deposit): 1941 DIREXPL USBM RI 3993

Reference (Deposit): 1946 DIREXPL USBM RI 3993

Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL. 1082-H

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

Reference (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.

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

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