Congress

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. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015258
MRDS ID DB00596
Record type Site
Current site name Congress
Alternate or previous names Straight Creek, Last Stand
Related records 10129944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63906, 37.97138 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF TRACHYTE RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cass Creek Peak(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 032S;032S 011E;012E 36;31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SEC. 1 , T 33 S, R 11 E AND SEC. 6 , T 33 S, R 12 E A64 ALSO 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Montroseite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES SHOW 0.30 TO 3.94 PERCENT U3O8 AND 0.64 TO 28.2 PERCENT V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63906, 37.97138

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mtns. Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Joining Of Browns Hole Syncline And East Henry Mtns. Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 24.38M
    Width 24.38M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Sedimentary Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./East/Trachyte

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Foote Minerals
    Home office Shiprock, N.M.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kay Hunt
    Home office Hanksville

Comments on the production information

  • MAY BE INCOMPLETE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.25 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Vanadium V2O5 2 wt-pct Vanadium Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.042HA
    Length 121.92M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SCATTERED WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967

  • Deposit

    HUNT, C. B. AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P. 228 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS, 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC. RMO-912 , 7 P.

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C

  • Deposit

    1967 MINEMAP UGMS - SP. ST. 22

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

  • Production

    UGMS - MAS 146

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE THICKNESS IS 2 FT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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