| Deposit ID | 10015259 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00598 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Creek |
| Related records | 10202934 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.65212, 38.04443 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1634 |
| Relative position | 2 1/2 MILES EAST OF PYSERTS HOLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Garfield(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Raggy Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salina(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 | 011E | 12 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.65212, 38.04443 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Henry Mountains Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | East Flank, East Henry Mountains Syncline |
| General form | LENTICULAR TO TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 E |
| Dip | 5 DEG NW |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 21.34M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Henry Mtns./East/Cresent Creek |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Horace Ekker |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 45000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00598 |
DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
1953 GEOLMAP HUNT AND OTHERS, PP. 228
1967 RECON UGMS SP. ST. 22
1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE INACCESSABLE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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