| Deposit ID | 10072970 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W018711 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Beauty |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.69985, 38.99027 (WGS84) |
| Relative position | Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
The Wickiup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salina(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 03 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coal | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Chinle Formation Montibu Butte Member |
| Rock description | Chinle Formation Montibu Butte Mbr |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Centroid (1) | -110.69985, 38.99027 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell |
| General form | LENTICULAR TO TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEG E |
| Dip | 9 DEG SE |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 42.67M |
| Width | 22.86M |
| Depth to top | 7.62M |
| Depth to bottom | 9.45M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| District name | Temple Mountain Area |
|---|
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 4000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 226000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 51.82M |
| Overall depth | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W018711 |
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
DOELLING H. H., 1977 UGMS ECON GEOL.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1950'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-77 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.