West Jessie Mine

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042269
MRDS ID M058741
Record type Site
Current site name West Jessie Mine
Related records 10055124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82942, 37.0647 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position 11,900 FEET S 55 W FROM JARVIS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 018W 11 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ONE DUMP SAMPLE WAS ANALYZED BY HARRIS AND RYAN AND CONTAINED .5 OZ/TON AG, .024 PERCENT CU, .002 PERCENT GA, .0061 PERCENT GE, .0022 PERCENT MO, .53 PERCENT PB, AND 1.20 PERCENT ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Redwall Limestone;Callville Limestone
    Rock description Redwall Limestone;Callville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82942, 37.0647

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hinge Line, East Margin Of The Basin And Range Province.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture And Fault Zones, Bedding Plane Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Limestone Host Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS EITHER REDWALL OR CALLVILLE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT. ADIT IS A TOTAL OF 135 FEET IN LENGTH WITH NUMEROUS SIDE WORKINGS AND A 50 FOOT LONG SLIGHT DECLINE.

Comments on development

  • EARLY ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT DATES BACK TO THE EARLY 1870'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, A.D., AND RYAN, G.S., 1984, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE STARVATION POINT WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 27-84

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 70

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN PODS REPLACING LIMESTONE ALONG FISSURES OR FAULT ZONES. ORE IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED, CONSISTING MAINLY OF LIMONITE, PLUMBOJAROSITE, AND JAROSITE. A BEDDING PLANE SHEAR ZONE IS PRESENT. COARSE CALCITE AND BRECCIA ASSOCIATED WITH GOSSAN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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