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South Rim

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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071859
MRDS ID W015533
Record type Site
Current site name South Rim
Related records 10178700

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75157, 39.21247 (WGS84)
Relative position .75 MILE NORTHEAST OF JIM WILSON RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 010E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION; NW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization In Claystone On Certain Horizons Over A Thickness Of 20 Ft.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Brushy Basin 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 > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75157, 39.21247
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 7 DEG NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 252.98M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HORIZON OCCURS ABOUT 50 - 75 FT. BELOW THE CONTACT OF THE MORRISON WITH THE BUCKHORN CONGLOMERATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cedar Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AVERAGE THICKNESS OF MINERILIZED ROCK 3 - 5 FT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.202HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE L.M., 1977

Reporter information

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

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