Josephine Kelly Group

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Clay, Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012608
MRDS ID D008325
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Kelly Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14607, 39.97412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5500 FT W. OF PACKARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 02,11,12 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Herkimer Ls
    Rock description Alluvium;Herkimer Ls

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14607, 39.97412

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasateh Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name N.Tintic District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.029HA
    Length 304.8M
    Overall length 100.58M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE PROSPECTS: NE PIT 15 FT DIAMETER AND 5 FT DEEP, CENTRAL CUT 126 FT BY 12 FT, NW PIT 8 FT DIAMETER BY 2 FT DEEP, W. CENTRAL CUT 300 FT BY 5 FT BY 1 FT DEEP, S. WEST PROSPECT IS COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T. BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    MORRIS, H.T., 1981. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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