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Blue Jay Mines

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101537
MRDS ID D004613
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Mines
Alternate or previous names Oriziba Consolidated Mines
Related records 10300109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93583, 38.28663 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Cabin Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 019W 11,13,14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, SW1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 14 FOR MAIN BLUE JAY MINE SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andradite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93583, 38.28663
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Indian Peak Range

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN/IRREGULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington/Indian Peak District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oriziba Cons Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS GROUP OF MINES CONSISTS OF 2 SHAFTS IN SEC 13, 4 SHAFTS IN SEC. 14, AND 3 PROSPECT PITS IN SEC. 11

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONRAD, O.G., 1969, TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE NEEDLES RANGE, WESTERN UTAH: UGMS SS #29, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1967, MINERALS OF UTAH: UGMS BULL 76, P. 122

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L, 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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