Twin Peaks Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015338
MRDS ID DB00775
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Peaks Uranium Prospect
Related records 10276798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28186, 38.1797 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 5.1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROVER, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(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

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 006E 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28186, 38.1797

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miners Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.99M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR MINERALIZATION ONLY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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