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Chief Red Wing #1 Prospect

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10015740
MRDS ID DB01905
Record type Site
Current site name Chief Red Wing #1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08713, 38.34026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3.8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAINVILLE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caineville(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

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 029S 008E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08713, 38.34026
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waterpocket Fold, Cainville Reef
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Desert Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 31 DEG W
    Dip 10 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 1.52M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS AT BASE OF SALT WASH MEMBER, 15-20 FEET ABOVE SUMMERVILLE FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Blue Flats Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fremon J. Sorenson, Dee B. Hatch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

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

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

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