Jsp #76 Claim

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. 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. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011537
MRDS ID D006518
Record type Site
Current site name Jsp #76 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03664, 39.54023 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SE OF LADY LAIRD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lady Laird Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 011W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Flows & Intrusives
    Rock description Flows & Intrusives
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03664, 39.54023

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Drum Mtns Homocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Ne Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Concentrated Along Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Detroit District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Freeport Exploration
    First year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTS OF A SERIES (3 OR 4) SHALLOW SHAFTS (100 FT MAX) THAT HAVE BEEN SUNK ALONG AN E-W FAULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., STACZEK, J.A., & ROBERTS, R.J., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB-MILLARD COUNTIES, UT: USGS BULL. 1082-H

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, G.B., 1974, THE OCCURRENCE & ORIGIN, AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF GOLD BEARING JASPERIODS IN THE CENT. DRUM MTNS: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. DISSER., 354 P

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP. 111

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL. 1082-H

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BAILEY, G.B., PH.D. STANFORD UNIV

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP I-1176

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS STRIKE N15W & DIP 22 SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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