School Section 36

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. 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. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015683
MRDS ID DB01792
Record type Site
Current site name School Section 36
Alternate or previous names North Wash #1
Related records 10154659

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.64517, 38.06416 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position BETWEEN LITTLE EGYPT AND CRESCENT CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raggy Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 011E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Montroseite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Analytical data

Result U3O8 - .145 %, V2O5 - .970

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.64517, 38.06416

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mountains Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank, East Henry Mountains Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR TO TABULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Sedimentary Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dale Lyman
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Vanadium V2O5 0.5 wt-pct Vanadium Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, 1000 FEET OF BENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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