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Miracle Claim Mine

Past Producer in Uintah 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042100
MRDS ID M058372
Record type Site
Current site name Miracle Claim Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.35377, 40.50079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11,500 FT S36W OF SHINER RESERVOIR, Within A 2000 Ft. Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jensen Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 023E 05 NE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison
    Rock description Brushy Basin Mbr. Of Morrison
    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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.35377, 40.50079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Split Mtn. Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Uranium Concentrated In Organic Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eastern Uinta Basin

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN 0 AND 20,000 LBS. U3O8 PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURE OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAIG, L.C., ET. AL., 1980, URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL 1X2 QUADRANGLE, COLORADO-UTAH: DOE PGJ-026(80).

  • Deposit

    ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT PRR ED: R-525.

  • Production

    CRAIG, L.C., 1980, APPENDIX A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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