Jesse Ewing Canyon Claim

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011433
MRDS ID D006282
Record type Site
Current site name Jesse Ewing Canyon Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15904, 40.93578 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 3/4 MILE CIRCLE AROUND BAND BOX BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clay Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N;002N 024E;025E 01;06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Red Creek Quartzite
    Rock description Red Creek Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.15904, 40.93578

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 52 E
    Dip STEEP NW
    Thickness 10.97M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Amphibolite Zones, Quartz Veins, And Pegmatites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jesse Ewing Canyon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 1206.98M
    Overall width 1206.98M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST ARE SHALLOW SHAFTS OR PITS, BULLDOZINGS AND SHORT ADITS. LONGEST ADIT AT LEAST 275 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST COPPER MINERALIZATION COATS FRACTURES OF AMPHIBOLE INTERBEDDED IN MICACEOUS QUARTZITE, SOME IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR RICH PEGMATITES OR VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.