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Mecca Group - Rouge 1-18

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Manganese, Iron
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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. 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 10015103
MRDS ID DB00120
Record type Site
Current site name Mecca Group - Rouge 1-18

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.86932, 38.47748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position UPPER EAST TAYLOR CANYON, MOUTH OF ROUGH 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)

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 027S 019E 06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.86932, 38.47748
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer L. H. Mining Co. Inc., Chatu Mining Co. Inc.

Mining district

District name Inter River District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.131HA
    Overall length 110.64M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on development

  • DRILLING PERFORMED ALONG ROADS HIGH IN CANYON ABOVE MOSSBACK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SPL H51 SELCLEHUIR GRAB FROM FACE OF 200 ST STOCK PILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLY ALTERED SECTION OF MOSSBACK WITH LIMONITE, GYPSAM, BLACK MANGANESE - IRON.

Reporter information

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

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