Rainy Day Group

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015100
MRDS ID DB00112
Record type Site
Current site name Rainy Day Group
Related records 10202849

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.84321, 38.3361 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position EAST OF GRAND VIEW POINT AND ABOUT 2.5 MILES NNW OF MONUMENT BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Limonite Gangue

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 Mbr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.84321, 38.3361

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 1 DEG N
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 9.75M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 48.77M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 EXPLORATION ADITS IN AREAS OF ABUNDANT CARBON TRASH.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT IN CARBON TRASH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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