The Jasper Group is a uranium mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.74806, -111.74361
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Jasper Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jasper Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Vermillion Cliffs District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: La Salle Mining Co.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1405% U308 AND 0.1583%
Analytical Data: 3.00 MR/HR BG 0.017 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002731 WITH RE CORD W016027 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON, T.G. THEO DORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): LOW GRADE MINERALIZATION
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDED; ONLY A FEW TONS OF LOW GRADE ROCK PRODUCED
Comment (Workings): BLASTING FROM CLIFF FACE
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P. 103-159, 202-289
Reference (Deposit): PETERSEN, 1957, USGS TEL-690, BOOK 1, P. 152-154
Reference (Deposit): HOLEN & TWITCHELL, 1955, USAEC RME-155, P. 116.
Reference (Deposit): ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280
Reference (Production): PETERSEN, 1957, P. 153
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