Jose Cuervo Claims

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gallium, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088799
MRDS ID M058742
Record type Site
Current site name Jose Cuervo Claims
Related records 10055125

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86248, 37.02859 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100
Relative position 17,200 FEET WEST OF BULLDOG PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(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 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 018W 21 NE OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1775)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gallium Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result THREE SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED BY HARRIS AND RYAN WITH RESULTS AS FOLLOWS: .003% CU, .0022% MO, .0034% PB, .015% ZN
Result .1 OZ/TON AG, .04% CU, .03% PB, .20% ZN
Result .9 OZ/TON AG, .54% CU, .0013% GA, .015% MO, .054% PB, .86% ZN. ALL SAMPLES ARE LIMONITE STAINED LIMESTONE. SECOND SAMPLE LISTED IS A 3 FOOT LONG CHANNEL SAMPLE FROM AN OUTCROP AND THE OTHER TWO SAMPLES ARE GRAB SAMPLES FROM DUMPS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Limestone
    Rock description Kaibab Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86248, 37.02859

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Overthrust Belt, East Margin Of The Colorado Plateau
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Northeast Striking Normal Faults And A Thrust Fault In Prospect Area. Possible Collapse Feature Nearby

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North-Northeast Fracture Zone, Breccia, Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECTS LIE NEAR A THRUST FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN UNDERLYING UNDIFFERENTIATED, OLDER LIMESTONE TO THE EAST AND THE KAIBAB LIMESTONE TO THE WEST. SEVERAL NORTH-SOUTH STRIKING NORMAL FAULTS LIE JUST WEST OF THE PROSPECTS. VEINS STRIKE N 10 E TO N 20 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS AND ONE PROSPECT PIT. EACH SHAFT ABOUT 50 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT WAS ACTIVE IN THE LATE 1800'S. RECENT ACTIVITY SPARKED BY DISCOVERY OF GA & GE MINERALIZATION NEAR BY. RICH REED, A CONSULTANT FROM BOSIE IDAHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, A.D., AND RYAN, G.S., 1984, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE STARVATION POINT WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 27-84.

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS HIGHLY OXIDIZED REPLACEMENT ORE IN PODS HOSTED BY BRECCIATED LIMESTONE. MINERALIZED ZONE STRIKES N 10 E TO N 20 E. COMPLETELY OXIDIZED TO LIMONITE. NUMEROUS THIN CALCITE VEINS PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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