Calyx #1 Mine

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071433
MRDS ID W014817
Record type Site
Current site name Calyx #1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Bone #5 - 96

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.36795, 38.98858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378
Relative position 4.5 MILES NORTH 5 DEG EAST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessies Twist(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 014E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC 15, T 21S R 14E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.36795, 38.98858

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold - And Fault Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 8 DEG SE
    Depth to top 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer Bill Cline
Year of first production 1965

Mining district

District name Green River Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jack Waterson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rex Powell

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME FLOODING IS LIKELY

Comments on development

  • L60 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1957), L70 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1975 - 76)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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