The Jumbo Properties is a gold and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 9,764 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,764 Feet (2,976 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.79, -113.97861
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Jumbo Properties MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jumbo Properties
Secondary: Waverly
Secondary: Waverly 1
Secondary: Jumbo
Secondary: Richmond
Secondary: Jumbo Ext.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Davis, Lyle And Johnson, Richard
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF PROSPECT PITS AND ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99.
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069.
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979; PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77
Reference (Deposit): 1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI #117
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
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