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Apex Prospect

Occurrence in Emery 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 10042249
MRDS ID M058676
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.92768, 38.76691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 9,400 FT S 74 W OF SQUARE TOP MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 009E 32 NE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM HAWLEY, C.C., AND OTHERS, 1968; DOE CALLS THIS PROSPECT LUCKY 7 WHICH HAWLEY PLOTTED IN T-24S., R.09E., SEC. 04. ; 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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle
    Rock description Chinle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.92768, 38.76691
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C.C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239, 115 P.

  • Deposit

    LUPE, R.D., AND OTHERS, 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, SALINA QUADRANGLE, UTAH: DOE PGJ/F-053(82).

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, P.L., AND HACKMAN, R.J., 1971, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SALINA QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP I-591.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1985 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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