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South Jockey Spring Prospect

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010609
MRDS ID D004417
Record type Site
Current site name South Jockey Spring Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.53498, 38.17079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2063
Relative position 2500 AT SOUTH OF JOCKEY SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Tetons(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 015W 28 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Kaolinization, Argillite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Sevey Dolomite;Needles Range Formation
    Rock description Sevey Dolomite;Needles Range Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.53498, 38.17079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal & Thrust Faulting, Minor Folding, Extensive Igneous Activity

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-PIPE LIKE, POD LIKE
    Strike NW
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS AS PIPELIKE BODIES AT THE CONTACT OF THE DOLOMITE WITH VOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer Fred Staats
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Pine Grove

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred Staats

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WAS MAPPED AND SAMPLED BY LEE I. PERRY UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY 7-31-73. ADIT, WINZE, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 0.0785 ; EXPL$: .0185 ; DEV$: .060

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA-FLUORSPAR-URANIUM CONTRACT DOCKET # 2182 OCT 15, 1959

  • Deposit

    1954 DIREXPL TILLMAN, C.G.

  • Deposit

    1954 DIREXPL USBM, GILKEY, M.M.

  • Deposit

    AEC PRESS RELEASE # 220, NOV 24, 1958

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

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