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Buena No. 1 Claim

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020403
MRDS ID DC13170
Record type Site
Current site name Buena No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15832, 39.70716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTH OF SEARLE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topaz Mountain West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 011W 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Zeolite & Minor Be & F

Analytical data

Result 1959 CHIP SAMPLE: 0.023% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15832, 39.70716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures (N 35 E, Steep Nw)

Ore body information

  • General form THIN COATING
    Thickness 0.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Uranium Was Probably Mobilized By Hydrothermal Leaching & Subsequent Redeposition

Comments on the geologic information

  • STUDIES WOULD INDICATE THAT NOT ENOUGH URANIUM HAS BEEN FLUSHED FROM THE SOURCE ROCK TO BE CONCENTRATED IN ORE DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Van Fenley (Garden Grove, Ca.)

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1.83M
    Overall width 0.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A PIT 6 FT LONG X 2 FT WIDE X 3.5 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

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