Jets-1 Thru 8 Claims

Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10011340
MRDS ID D006000
Record type Site
Current site name Jets-1 Thru 8 Claims
Alternate or previous names Harris Red-Beryl Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43998, 38.26385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES WEST OF MINERS HILL RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 014W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached White

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.43998, 38.26385

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ash Flow Tuff

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer Robert Harris-Delta, Utah
Year of first production 1975

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harris Brothers
    Home office Delta, Ut

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.035HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 1973 GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA PUBLICATION NO 3

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 9

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SURV

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1970'S

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.