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Blue Tail Fly

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. 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 10015314
MRDS ID DB00703
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Tail Fly
Related records 10252028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08296, 38.20276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3.6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOODY HANDS GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Notom(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)

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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 008E 17,18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 18 ; NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08296, 38.20276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waterpocket Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 8 DEG NE
    Length 304.8M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluvial Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Notom Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roy Sturgis, Jay Mckinney
  • Type Owner
    Owner Green Hornet Mining

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 20 TONS IN STOCKPILE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.072HA
    Overall length 167.64M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT CAVED NUMEROUS SMALL SURFACE WORKINGS SHOWING NO MINERALIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT CAVED. DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNKNOWN. LENGTH AND WIDTH TAKEN FROM AREAS OF SURFACE CUTS AND EXPLORATION.

Reporter information

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

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