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Discovery

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, 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. 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 10015101
MRDS ID DB00114
Record type Site
Current site name Discovery
Related records 10227757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.7646, 38.49637 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position UPPER SHAFER CANYON

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S;026S 019E;020E 36;06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result CU= 5.2

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.7646, 38.49637
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 1 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Accumulation Of Vegetation

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 BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54.86M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ( SPL. H - 49 ) 4' CHIP ACROSS CARBON TRASH AREA 160 FT IN FROM PORTAL SRIB UPPER CROSSCUTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED WHERE GREATEST ACCUMULATION OF CARBON TRASH, LIMBS, LOGS WERE.

Reporter information

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

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