| Deposit ID | 10055196 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00262 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jb Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.78748, 39.80744 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1506 |
| Relative position | 7300 FEET N85W FROM KEG MTN RANCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Keg Mountain Ranch(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)
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 | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 012S | 008W | 06 | SW OF SW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Volcanic Materials | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pumice | Ore |
| Rhyolite | Ore |
| Result | BACKGROUND RADIATION: 0.03% U3O8 (HAND HELD ANALYSER) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Topaz Mountain Rhyolite;Keg Mountain Rhyolite; | ||||
| Rock description | Topaz Mountain Rhyolite;Keg Mountain Rhyolite; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Black Crystal Tuff;Orange Crystal Tuff (Keg Mtn Rhyolite Ash Flow); |
| Rock description | Black Crystal Tuff;Orange Crystal Tuff (Keg Mtn Rhyolite Ash Flow); |
| (1) | -112.78748, 39.80744 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Keg Mountain Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Stirk, Brown And Crane |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Stirk, Brown And Crane (Delta, Ut) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0HA |
| Length | 6.1M |
| Overall depth | 3.35M |
| Overall length | 3.05M |
| Overall width | 1.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00262 |
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST
MORRIS, H.T., SHAWE, D.R., AND LINDSEY, D.A., 1986, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KEG MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, JUAB AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP, IN PREPARATION.
MORRIS, H.T., 1978, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC AMP OF THE DELTA 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-705, 9 P.
PLAVIDAL, K.R., 1987, THE GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE EASTERN KEG MOUNTAINS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF WEAKLY ARGILLIZED STRATIFIED TUFF OF THE TOPAZ MOUNTAIN RHYOLITE CUTTING KEG MOUNTAIN RHYOLITE. THIS IS A POSSIBLE VENT AREA FOR THE STRATIFIED TUFF. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Everts, Mike L. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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