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Notom Bench Jasper

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088146
MRDS ID DB00785
Record type Site
Current site name Notom Bench Jasper
Related records 10130776

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09713, 38.20026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 2.5 MILES SE OF NOTOM, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Notom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 008E 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09713, 38.20026
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • JASPER OCCURS AS A BED IN THE SALT WASH MEMBER ABOUT 15 FEET ABOVE THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE MORRISON FM. AND THE SUMMERVILLE FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Notom Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JASPER OCCURS AS A BED UP TO 1 FT. THICK AND AS LAG GRAVEL STREWN OVER AN AREA 100 FT. WIDE AND 500 FT. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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