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Utarado Mining Co.

Occurrence in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041836
MRDS ID M057666
Record type Site
Current site name Utarado Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.71266, 40.09579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 2 MILES W-NW OF OURAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ouray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green-Desolation Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 004S 002E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED POINT LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilsemannite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Black Fresh Rock Turns Dark Blue Upon Exposure To Air.

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGE FROM 1-4 % MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.71266, 40.09579
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ouray

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 60 FT OPEN CUT FOLLOW BY A 140 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HESS, F.L., 1925 , ILSEMANNITE AT OURAY: USGS BULL 750-A.

  • Deposit

    PRUITT, R.G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 71 , P. 91

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III , P. 606

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ILSEMANNITE DISSOLVES IN WATER CHANGING IT TO A DEEP BLUE DYE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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