Black Mountain

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015253
MRDS ID DB00586
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.58683, 37.89832 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES EAST OF MT. HILLERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Table(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 011E 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 OF SECTION 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.58683, 37.89832

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mountains Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Joining Of Little Rockies Syncline And East Henry Mountains Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Carbon Trash In Sandstone Lens

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns/South/Hogsback

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Mcelroy

Comments on the production information

  • PARTIAL RECORD INDICATES 127 LBS. U3O8 PRODUCED THROUGH 1973 UGMS - MAS 144

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MOSTLY POTENTIAL RESOURCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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