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Navajo 1 & 2

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015039
MRDS ID DB00039
Record type Site
Current site name Navajo 1 & 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.35513, 38.01777 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 1.05 MILES SOUTH FROM CHURCH ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Church Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 032S 023E 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM 3 FT. DIAMETER FACE OF DOG HOLE, SOUTH RIB, 10 FT. ABOVE FLOOR. .002 % U3O8 , .869 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.35513, 38.01777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR, PODS
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dry Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION ADITS AND DOG HOLES WITH RIM STRIPPING.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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