Tom Mcbroom Mine

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073190
MRDS ID W019060
Record type Site
Current site name Tom Mcbroom Mine
Related records 10275729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.16714, 38.77553 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position 3.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MUDDY RIVER

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 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.16714, 38.77553

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 2.13M
    Depth to top 2.44M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Flank San Rafael Swell Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom And Leon Mortensen

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1.83M
    Overall depth 4.57M

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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