Trachyte 30

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015298
MRDS ID DB00673
Record type Site
Current site name Trachyte 30
Related records 10252502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.6349, 37.9886 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Relative position 2 MILES NW 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 012E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES TO 6.12 PERCENT U3O8 AND 2.83 PERCENT V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    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) -110.6349, 37.9886

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 LENTICULAR TO TABULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

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 Large
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 Vanadium Corp. Of America
    Home office Durango, Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SHORT ADITS

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

    USBM - MAS 154

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVE LOGS

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.