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Unknown Shaft

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078207
MRDS ID W026399
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.39184, 39.01386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF SMITH CABIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mexican Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 020S 014E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 4; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1953 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.39184, 39.01386
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael River Mining Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IS FILLED, WORKINGS PROBABLY LESS THAN 25 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L. M., AND H. H. DOELLING, 1977 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: U. G. M. S. BULL. (UNPUBLISHED)

Reporter information

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

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