Brenda Uranium Deposit.

Occurrence in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015200
MRDS ID DB00462
Record type Site
Current site name Brenda Uranium Deposit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.48349, 39.90107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF BITTER CREEK ON EAST BENCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Archy Bench(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seep Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower White(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 022E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Uinta Formation
    Rock description Uinta Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.48349, 39.90107

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Depth to top 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 DOZER CUTS - 4 COYOTES HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRUITT, R. G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 71

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON UGMS BULL #21

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

  • Reserve-Resource

    UGMS STUDY 1973

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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