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Factory Butte Claims

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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015569
MRDS ID DB01553
Record type Site
Current site name Factory Butte Claims
Alternate or previous names Big Jim, Little Jim
Related records 10276865

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98157, 38.42581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 3.9 MILES SW OF FACTORY BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Factory Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 027S 009E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC. 31 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite 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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Caineville Reef

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arvel J. Taylor

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL TO NIL RESERVES. VERY SPOTTY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.088HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND 1 SHAFT. SHAFT ENTERS WEST ADIT AND BOTH ARE FILLED WITH MUD. NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY, 1978 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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