Jensen

The Jensen is a gold mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 4,741 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jensen
Secondary: Gensen

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Green River Placers

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Uinta Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: SAND BAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.2142 G CONCENTRATE CONTAINED 0.28% (0.0006 G) PT, CONCENTRATION NOT KNOWN.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum

Comments

Comment (Commodity): FINE GRAIN SIZE OF GOLD MADE RECOVERY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS CROSSING OF GREEN RIVER BY U.S. HIGHWAY 40 AT JENSEN

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 15-16.

Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1227.

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