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Moroni Hunt Mine

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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071848
MRDS ID W015515
Record type Site
Current site name Moroni Hunt Mine
Related records 10203233

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.8163, 38.80997 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF SAN RAFAEL KNOB

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 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.8163, 38.80997
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET DEPOSIT
    Strike N 90 DEG E
    Dip 4 DEG N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 12.5M
    Depth to top 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Logs, Carbonized Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • MEDIUM TO MASSIVE BEDDED, SOME CROSSBEDDING

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 BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.5M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SIMPLE ADIT BEARING S 80 DEG W

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

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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