Swazey Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015082
MRDS ID DB00089
Record type Site
Current site name Swazey Mine
Alternate or previous names Bench
Related records 10179177

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.11235, 38.09138 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 3.6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOODS RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summit Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(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 026E 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

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) -109.11235, 38.09138

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lisbon Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Halverson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • FLOODED AT BOTTOM OF 150 - 200 FT. INCLINE

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIX, G. P. (JR.), 1954 , THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF BIG INDIAN WASH, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 4022 (REV.)

  • Deposit

    ISACHSEN, Y. W., 1954 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG INDIAN WASH AREA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 9 , UGA.

  • Deposit

    WOOD, H. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., GRATON-SALES, NEW YORK, AIME

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS FLOODED - DEPOSIT COULD NOT BE SEEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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