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Hertz Mine

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071846
MRDS ID W015511
Record type Site
Current site name Hertz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.8363, 38.78108 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position 1.2 MILE NORTH OF FAMILY BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael Knob(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 010E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC. 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.8363, 38.78108
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell Center

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike N 00 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 106.68M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash, Woody Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • CROSS BEDDED, THIN BEDDED, SLOPE FORMER SANDSTONE WITH NUMEROUS WOODY MATERIALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Donald Hanki

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 415.14M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CONNECTED ADITS AND ONE SMALL DOGHOLE WITH SOME COPPER MINERALIZATION. WORKINGS ARE IN VERY POOR SHAPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT BASE OF UNIT IS 3 FOOT LENS OF RADIOACTIVE ROCK (LOW GRADE). MINE CONTAINS SMALL POCKETS OF NOT LOG JAMS CONTAINING SEVERAL TONS OF ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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