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Crows Nest 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10073181
MRDS ID W019049
Record type Site
Current site name Crows Nest Mine
Alternate or previous names Carmel Entrada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.4424, 38.70526 (WGS84)
Elevation 1375
Relative position 0.3 MILES NW OF CROWS NEST SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crows Nest Spring(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 013E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC. 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Carmel Formation
    Rock description Carmel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.4424, 38.70526
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Flank Of Nequoia Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 45 Deg W Trending Fault 100 Ft Sw Of Shaft

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 25 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • UPPER CARMEL MOSTLY SILTSTONE, PLATY AND EARTHY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL SHAFT 50 FT. DEEP. TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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

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