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Blacks Claims

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015311
MRDS ID DB00696
Record type Site
Current site name Blacks Claims
Related records 10204244

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45158, 38.30915 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORREY, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 004E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Teasdale Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 85 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Stream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fremont District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Catherine Black

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.219HA
    Length 57.91M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL ADITS, ONE 10 FT AND ONE 180 FT., AND ABOUT 500 FT. OF OPEN CUT RIM STRIPPING. ONE OTHER ADIT FLOODED, EXTENT UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, F. J., JR., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDKE, R. G., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 363 .

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L.M., DOELLING, H.H., 1976 , UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FIELD REPORT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS VERY WEAK AND SPOTTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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