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Bonanza Group

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. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015044
MRDS ID DB00044
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Group
Alternate or previous names Wind Fall
Related records 10227737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.27069, 38.0686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 4.05 MILES EAST 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 031S 024E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Mica Ore
Uraninite Ore
Coal Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.27069, 38.0686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.46M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dry Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • RIM STRIPPING AND TRENCHING ALONG THE FLANK OF PALEO CHANNEL, EXPLORED AND MINED 1,500 FT ALONG STRIKE, TWO HAULAGE DRIFTS INTO CHANNEL IN MINERALIZED ZONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H. 1978

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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