| Deposit ID | 10011433 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D006282 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jesse Ewing Canyon Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.15904, 40.93578 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2158 |
| Relative position | 3/4 MILE CIRCLE AROUND BAND BOX BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Daggett(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clay Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Divide-Upper Green(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Daggett |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002N;002N | 024E;025E | 01;06 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Red Creek Quartzite |
| Rock description | Red Creek Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite |
| (1) | -109.15904, 40.93578 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta Uplift. |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 52 E |
| Dip | STEEP NW |
| Thickness | 10.97M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Jesse Ewing Canyon |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Bureau Of Land Management |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 1206.98M |
| Overall width | 1206.98M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D006282 |
BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 111, 672 P.
RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66
1920 RECON BUTLER, PROF. PAPER 111, P 604-605
1965 GEOLMAP HANSEN, W.R., PROF. PAPER 490
1980 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY (THIS REPORT)
DOELLING, H.H., 1980 - GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.
DOELLING H.H., 1980 - GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY ON-SITE INVEST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOST COPPER MINERALIZATION COATS FRACTURES OF AMPHIBOLE INTERBEDDED IN MICACEOUS QUARTZITE, SOME IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR RICH PEGMATITES OR VEINS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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