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Prospect in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. 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. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015102
MRDS ID DB00116
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80154, 38.44387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542
Relative position UPPER MUSSELMAN 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

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 027S 019E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

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 Black Ledge Member, Chinle Formation
    Rock description Black Ledge Member, Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.80154, 38.44387
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS, IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone - Gritstone Inclosed In Shale - Mudstone Layers.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
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 12.19M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • MECHANIZED MINE IN CLIFF FACE, DRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ( SPL. H 50 ) GRAB SAMPLE FROM 8" SANDY LENS WITH LIMONITE STAINING. 1570 25 FT. IN.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT IN SANDSTONE - GRITSTONE CHANNEL WITH CARBON TRASH.

Reporter information

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

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