Betty Jack

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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 10015494
MRDS ID DB01319
Record type Site
Current site name Betty Jack
Related records 10252262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98712, 37.74499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN TANKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 008E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CRAB SAMPLE = 1.58 PERCENT U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member/Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Mbr/Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98712, 37.74499

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waterpocket Fold

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 30 DEG NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns/Circle Cliffs

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Federal Uranium Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • RECORD MAYBE INCOMPLETE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 59.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 125 - FT INCLINE AND 70 FT. OF CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, 1967 , P. 85 - 86

  • Deposit

    DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1967 MINEMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS

  • Production

    USBM-MAS 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO CHANNELING IS APPARENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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