| Deposit ID | 10072968 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W018709 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Virginia Valley Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.74074, 38.6397 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1670 |
| Relative position | 4.8 MILES SW TEMPLE MTN. IN CRACK CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Temple Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 025S | 011E | 18 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Coal | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.74074, 38.6397 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell (Se Flank) |
| General form | IRREGULAR SCATTERED LOGS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 48 DEG E |
| Dip | 10 DEG SE |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Depth to top | 12.19M |
| Depth to bottom | 13.72M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| District name | Temple Mountain Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Glen And Virginia Law |
| Year | 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | U | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^.12% U3o8 .05% U2o5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.002HA |
| Length | 3.35M |
| Overall depth | 12.19M |
| Overall length | 22.86M |
| Overall width | 0.91M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W018709 |
HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690
HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL. 1192
HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL 1239
1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.
1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN
1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN
UGMS STUDY - 1973
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1950'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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