Jacobs Chair Mine

Past Producer in San Juan 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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089631
MRDS ID W027769
Record type Site
Current site name Jacobs Chair Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.20877, 37.7211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Relative position 1. MILE SSW FROM JACOBS CHAIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacobs Chair(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

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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 015E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 19 ( UNSURVEYED )

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.20877, 37.7211

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Stable Platform

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR - PODS
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 4 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, White Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES NIL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5.49M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT ADIT EXPLORING A SANDSTONE LENS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD COS., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FLAT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1132 .

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 15 FT ADIT IN A MUDSTONE WHICH HAS A SAND LENS.
Deposit SMALL CHANNEL - 30 - 40 FT ACROSS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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