Jim #5

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021099
MRDS ID DC14920
Record type Site
Current site name Jim #5
Alternate or previous names Mesa #1, Sorenson 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40054, 38.82717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 3/4 MI WEST OF BM 5052 IN SEC. 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 014W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS REPRESENTATIVE FOR A LARGER DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result NO ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVY WAS DETECTED WITH COUNTER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Cottonwood Wash Member Needles Rng Tuff
    Rock description Cottonwood Wash Mbr Needles Rng Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.40054, 38.82717

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Graben Area

Ore body information

  • General form COATINGS
    Strike N14E
    Dip 8NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment Of Algal Growth

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS YELLOW SECONDARY DISSEMINATED COATINGS ON TALUS MATERIAL (5-10 FT THICK) CONSISTING OF BOULDERS OF QUARTZITE, LS, DOLO, ALGAL LS, & CONGLOMERATE TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE DOZER CUT 40X20X5 FT, AND MANY SMALL POT HOLES (WORKED BY HAND) NO MORE THAN 5 FT DEEP AND 5 FT IN DIAMETER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PREL. GEOL. MAP OF THE BARN QUADRANGLE, MILLARD COUNTY, UT: USGS MF633.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-12-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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