| Deposit ID | 10055124 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00097 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Jessie Mine |
| Related records | 10042269 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.82942, 37.0647 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1536 |
| Relative position | 11900 FEET S55W FROM JARVIS PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 043S | 018W | 11 | NE OF NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | ONE DUMP SAMPLE WAS ANALYZED BY HARRIS AND RYAN AND CONTAINED .5 OZ/TON AG, .024% CU, .002% GA, .0061% GE, .0022% MO, .52% PB, AND 1.20% ZN |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Redwall Limestone;Callville Limestone; | ||
| Rock description | Redwall Limestone;Callville Limestone; | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.82942, 37.0647 |
|---|
| 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 |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tutsagubet District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00097 |
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
COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UGMS BULL. 70
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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