Jsp #60 Claim

The Jsp #60 Claim is a copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,319 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jsp #60 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Detroit District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Ownership

Owner Name: Freeport Exploration
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Drum Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Drum Mtns Homocline

Type: L
Description: Local Ne Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Limonite

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPEN-CUT ALONG VEIN OF ALTERED INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

References

Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON BAILEY, G.B., PH.D. STANFORD UNIV.

Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP I-1176

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., STACZEK, J.A., & ROBERTS, R.J., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB-MILLARD COUNTIES, UT: USGS BULL. 1082-H

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, G.B., 1974, THE OCCURRENCE & ORIGIN, AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF GOLD BEARING JASPERIODS IN THE CENT. DRUM MTNS: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. DISSER., 354P

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP. 111

Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL. 1082-H

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