Jasper Collecting Location

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Gemstone, Barium-Barite
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089214
MRDS ID W014836
Record type Site
Current site name Jasper Collecting Location
Related records 10251711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.40156, 38.84469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position 3.2 MILES SOUTH 16 DEG WEST OF HATT RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greasewood Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S;022S 014E;014E 04,05;31,32 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Curtis Formation;Summerville Formation
    Rock description Curtis Formation;Summerville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.40156, 38.84469

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Periodic Folds

Ore body information

  • General form NODULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 5 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael Desert Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS HAVE DEVELOPED - SURFACE COLLECTING

Comments on development

  • L50 - ECONOMIC STUDY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L. M., AND H. H. DOELLING, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER AREA: UGMS BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)

  • Deposit

    1976 OTHER UGMS, BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M. 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSITS ARE IN THE CURTIS FORMATION AND ARE SPREAD OUT ALONG THE LENGTH OF ITS OUTCROP IN THE TIDWELL BOTTOMS QUADRANGLE. THE LOCATION DESCRIBED IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE EXPOSURE.
Deposit JASPER NODULES ALSO OCCUR IN THE UPPER SUMMERVILE FORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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