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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071871
MRDS ID W015558
Record type Site
Current site name Plymoth Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70602, 39.05803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF BOTTLENEAK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bottleneck Peak(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

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 020S 011E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation;Mottled Siltstone Unit Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Mbr Of Chinle Formation;Mottled Siltstone Unit Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70602, 39.05803
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 4 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 22.86M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clayton Stocxs -
    Home office Moab, Ut

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS; ONE WITH 70 FT. OF WORKINGS AND THE OTHER (250 FT. SW) WITH 10 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL 123

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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