Rocky Mtn. Uranium

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020757
MRDS ID DC13929
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Mtn. Uranium

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.0313, 37.80666 (WGS84)
Relative position SE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wagon Box Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(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

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 008E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF RAINY DAY MINE. EAST SIDE OF WAGON BOX MESA; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.0313, 37.80666

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALONG SHINARUMP-MOENKOPI CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF-156, 1958

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1229, 1967, P. 85-86

  • Deposit

    UTAH G & MS SPEC. STUDY 22, 1967, P. 110

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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