| Deposit ID | 10015059 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00061 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Buck Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Standard |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.25819, 38.18749 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1984 |
| Relative position | 2.7 MILES ENE FROM CASA COLORADO ROCK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sandstone Draw(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 030S | 024E | 11 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Montroseite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Cutler Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Cutler Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -109.25819, 38.18749 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Stable Platform |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Thicker Portions Of Sandstone, Enriched Along Fractures |
| General form | TABULAR, LENS, PODS, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| Discoverer | Standard Uranium Corp. |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| District name | Big Indian Wash Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Atlas Minerals Corp. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 114.3M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00061 |
UGMS STUDY - 1973
JONES, H., 1978
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1978 | Trimble, Larry M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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