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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10078233
MRDS ID W026459
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.00213, 38.6708 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.2 MILES SW OF TOMSICH BUTTE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025S 008E 02 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching 5 Ft Into Siltstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinl Formation-Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinl Formation-Moss Back Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.00213, 38.6708
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Flank San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description 100 Foot Displacement Fault 50 Feet North Of Portal

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL IRREGULAR BODIES - LENTILS
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 10.67M
    Depth to bottom 11.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash - Clay Galls

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONES, THIN TO THICK BEDDED INTERBEDDED WITH THIN SHALE PARTINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968 , GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO. UT: USGS BULL. 1239

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP BARED 100 FEET

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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