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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015098
MRDS ID DB00109
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81099, 38.39887 (WGS84)
Elevation 1469
Relative position NE SLOPE WASHER WOMEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Musselman Arch(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

Canyonlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 019E 03 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result U2O8= LESS THAN .001 %
Result V2O5= 028

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Mossback Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Mossback Member
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glen Canyon Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 1 DEG N
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

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 Interriver District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH GRADE FROM LOGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 51.82M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS EXPLORING FOR SCOURS IN PALEOCHANNELS OF MOSSBACK CUT INTO MOENKOPI VIN CUTTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ( SPL. H 47 ) GRAB FROM MINERALIZED LOG, 55 FT IN FROM PORTAL, MIDDLE ADIT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCOUR FILLED WITH CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONE WITH ABUNDANT CARBONIZED ORGANIC MATERIAL CUT INTO UNDERLYING MOENKOPI.

Reporter information

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

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

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