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Dinosaur

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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073188
MRDS ID W019057
Record type Site
Current site name Dinosaur
Related records 10227214

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.15103, 38.82747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES EAST OF THE MUDDY RIVER BRIDGE ON I-70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mesa Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 007E 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result .055% U3O8, .009% V2O5

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.15103, 38.82747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 7 DEG SW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Mudstone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IN THE FORM OF SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS OCCURS ON FRACTURE SURFACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Flank Of San Rafael Swell Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom And Leon Mortensen

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS SHIPPED TO MARYSVILLE, UTAH FOR TESTING - 1950'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.013HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF DOZER CUTS ALONG THE OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977, DINOSAUR CLAIMS, WEST FLANK OF SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FIELD REPORT

  • Production

    LEON MORTENSEN 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L.M. 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION IS OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM WITH MORE URANIUM CONTENT THAN RADIATION FROM DAUGHTER PRODUCTS WOULD INDICATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Trimble, Larry M. 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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