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Oak Springs Gravel Cap Mine

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026960
MRDS ID M001311
Record type Site
Current site name Oak Springs Gravel Cap Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.0515, 36.75502 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF OAK SPRING WASH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beclabito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 039N 031E 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALCITE PARTLY CEMENTS MOST OF THE SANDSTONE HOST ROCK, ORE HAS HIGH LIME CONTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.0515, 36.75502
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TABULAR LAYERS
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Found In Clusters, Usually Associated With Carbonaceous Detritus. Ore Zone Occurs 54 Ft. Above Lower Contact With Bluff Sandstone. Channeling And Cross-Lamination Noted.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • OAK SPRINGS GRAVEL CAP HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE WITH GRADE RANGING FROM 0.1 TO 0.3% U3O8 AND 2.1 TO 3.2% V2O5

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED RESOURCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1951, CARNOTITE DEPOSITS IN THE CARRIZO MTNS. AREA, U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR M, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1955, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NW CARRIZO AREA, FOUR CORNERS FIELD COVE, NO. 1.

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 145.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    N.M.G.S. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1989 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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