| 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: | -110.63906, 37.97138 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE WEST OF TRACHYTE RANCH |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 032S;032S | 011E;012E | 36;31 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Montroseite | Ore |
| Result | GRAB SAMPLES SHOW 0.30 TO 3.94 PERCENT U3O8 AND 0.64 TO 28.2 PERCENT V2O5 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -110.63906, 37.97138 |
|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Henry Mtns./East/Trachyte |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Foote Minerals |
| Home office | Shiprock, N.M. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kay Hunt |
| Home office | Hanksville |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.042HA |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Overall width | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00596 |
SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967
DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .
DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS, 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC. RMO-912 , 7 P.
1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C
1967 MINEMAP UGMS - SP. ST. 22
1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
UGMS - MAS 146
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE THICKNESS IS 2 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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