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Jasper Group

Occurrence in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027287
MRDS ID M002731
Record type Site
Current site name Jasper Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.74436, 36.74806 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 0.5 MI NE OF CLIFF DWELLERS LODGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bitter Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glen Canyon Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado-Marble Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 039N 006E 27 SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE MINERALIZATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Analytical data

Result 3.00 MR/HR BG 0.017 MR/HR
Result 0.1405% U308 AND 0.1583%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.74436, 36.74806
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization At Or Near Contact Of Shinarump And Underlying Moenk Opi

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermillion Cliffs District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner La Salle Mining Co.
    First year 1955

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED; ONLY A FEW TONS OF LOW GRADE ROCK PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • BLASTING FROM CLIFF FACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P. 103-159, 202-289

  • Deposit

    PETERSEN, 1957, USGS TEL-690, BOOK 1, P. 152-154

  • Deposit

    HOLEN & TWITCHELL, 1955, USAEC RME-155, P. 116.

  • Deposit

    ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280

  • Production

    PETERSEN, 1957, P. 153

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002731 WITH RE CORD W016027 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON, T.G. THEO DORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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