| Deposit ID | 10078232 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026458 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rain Bow |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.00213, 38.67136 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1615 |
| Relative position | 1.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOMSICH BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ireland Mesa(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 025S | 008E | 02 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coal | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member | ||||
| Rock description | Chinle Formation-Moss Back Mbr | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.00213, 38.67136 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | West Flank San Rafael Swell |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Large Normal Fault 50 Feet South Of Adit With 100 Feet Of Displacement |
| General form | LENS SHAPED SCATTER AND IRREGULAR DEPOSITS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 DEG E |
| Dip | 5 DEG NW |
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 22.86M |
| Depth to top | 10.67M |
| Depth to bottom | 12.19M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | San Rafael District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 4000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 22000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 154.84M |
| Overall depth | 10.67M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026458 |
HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968 , GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT: USGS BULL 1239
DOELLING, H. H.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS LOCATED AT BASE OF SANDSTONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1977 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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