Jay Johnson Kaolin Claims

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094329
MRDS ID D004612
Record type Site
Current site name Jay Johnson Kaolin Claims
Related records 10178750

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60638, 38.2494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SW OF LAMERDORF PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Tetons(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 015W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4, SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal/Brecciated

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Water Laid Tuff (Host);Needles Range Formation;Rhyolitic Ash Flow Tuff
    Rock description Water Laid Tuff (Host);Needles Range Formation;Rhyolitic Ash Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Eureka Quartzite;Fish Haven Dolomite;Lake Town Dolomite;Sevy Dolomite
    Rock description Eureka Quartzite;Fish Haven Dolomite;Lake Town Dolomite;Sevy Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.60638, 38.2494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt/Blue Ribbon Lineament. Synclinal

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 79.25M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 79.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North Trending Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blawn Mountain

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jay Johnson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1973, PRIVATE REPORT FOR JOHNS-MANVILLE ON JAY JOHNSON PROPERTY

  • Deposit

    LINDSEY, D.A, & OSMONSON, LEE M., 1978, USGS OPEN FILE RPT 78-114

  • Deposit

    JOHNS-MANSVILLE, 1973, JAY JOHNSON PROPERTY PRIVATE REPORT: JOHNS-MANSVILLE.

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON LINDSEY, OPEN FILE REPT 78-11

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L. 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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