| Deposit ID | 10088821 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058893 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Jackets Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Haloysite, A & S Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.36859, 38.3019 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1774 |
| Relative position | 17,850 FEET N 90 W FROM WHITE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sevier Lake(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 | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 029S | 014W | 12 | NW OF NW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Halloysite | Ore |
| Alunite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| Rock unit name | Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak;Basalt Of Brimstone Reservoir | ||||
| Rock description | Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak;Basalt Of Brimstone Reservoir | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -113.36859, 38.3019 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nnw Striking Fault |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Mountain Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mark Dotson |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058893 |
LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-724, SCALE 1:48,000
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
STRINGHAM, B., 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 4
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF HIGHLY ALTERED VOLCANIC TUFFS. TUFFS ARE PROBABLY WATER-LAIN. ALTERATION IS ADVANCED ARGILLIC, RELATED TO HOT SPRINGS-NEAR SURFACE ENVIRONMENT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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