Oyler Mine

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015329
MRDS ID DB00745
Record type Site
Current site name Oyler Mine
Related records 10252330

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.23131, 38.25942 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 2.1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRUITA, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruita(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

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 006E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Zippeite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Lepidocrocite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Alunitization Of Claystone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.23131, 38.25942

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Water Pocket Fold

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, POD
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 13 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Carbonized Wood

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Fremont District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE CLOSED BY N.P.S. RESERVE IS ESTIMATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 94.49M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, F. J., JR., HINRICHS, E. N., LUEDKE, R. G., 1952 , PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE CO., UTAH: USGS TEI 203 , P. 22 .

  • Deposit

    WYANT DONALD G., BERONI ERNEST P., AND GRANGER HARRY C., 1952 , SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONES: USGS CIRCULAR 220 , P. 26 - 29 .

  • Deposit

    GRUNER, J. W., GARDINER LYNN, 1952 , MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND ADJACENT REGIONS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SHINARUMP FORMATION: USAEC RMO 566 , P. 21 - 22 .

  • Deposit

    KELLER, W. D., 1959 , CLAY MINERALS IN THE MUDSTONES OF THE ORE-BEARING FORMATIONS, IN GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU URANIUM ORES: USGS PROF. PAPER 320 , P. 113 - 119 .

  • Deposit

    SMITH, F.J., JR., HUFF, L.C., HINRICHS, N.E., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 363, 102 P.

  • Deposit

    1952 COMPILE SMITH AND OTHERS - TEI

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON GRUNER J. W. AND OTHERS - RMO

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON WYANT AND OTHERS - CIRCULAR

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON KELLER, W. D., - PROF. PAPER

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1978

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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