Poison Spring Group

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Lead
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. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015572
MRDS ID DB01561
Record type Site
Current site name Poison Spring Group
Alternate or previous names Cliffside Prospect
Related records 10275975

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.45572, 38.1086 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position BOTH SIDES OF POISON SPRINGS CANYON, 3 1/2 MILES WEST OF DIRTY DEVIL RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stair Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 013E 14,24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Monitor Butte Member/Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Monitor Butte Mbr/Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.45572, 38.1086

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Flank Monument Upwarp

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary (Fluvial) Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns/Orange Cliffs

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kay Hunt
    Home office Hanksville

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.3 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .

  • Deposit

    1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS

  • Production

    USBM-MAS 98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONIZED LOGS AND MINOR ASPHALTITE IN PALEOCHANNEL OF SANDSTONE, CONGLOMERATE 150 - 200 FT. WIDE, 20 FEET DEEP TRENDING N 67 E, EXPOSED SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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