| Deposit ID | 10071840 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015496 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Virginia Low Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Nugget #1-4, Air Field #1-4, Gateway #1-8 |
| Related records | 10275450 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.72296, 38.87553 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2146 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
The Wickiup(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 022S | 011E | 29 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Monitor Butte, Member Of Chinle Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Monitor Butte, Member Of Chinle Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| (1) | -110.72296, 38.87553 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell |
| General form | SCATTERED PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 DEG W |
| Dip | 3 DEG SW |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 24.38M |
| Depth to top | 24.38M |
| Depth to bottom | 22.86M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | San Rafael Swell District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Atlas Corp. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Deans |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 64.01M |
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015496 |
HAWLEY, C. C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239
REYNER, M.L. 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT. USAEC RMO 673
DOELLING, H.H., 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THERE ARE NUMEROUS SILICIFIED AND COALY LOGS LOCATED NEAR THE PORTAL WITH DIAMETERS UP TO 24 INCHES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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