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Spanish Trails

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. 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. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078234
MRDS ID W026460
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Trails

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.00685, 38.67636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1582
Relative position 1.1 MILE 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
Salt Lake 024S 008E 35 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching 4 Ft Below Contact

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.00685, 38.67636
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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 Series Of Joints Trending N 35 Deg W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG NW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Logs And Carbon Trash

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONES - FLUVIAL GRITSTONE LENS- CONTAINS DISSEMINATED CARBON TRASH ALONG CROSS BEDS LOGS AND CARBON MATERIAL VERY HOT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 94.49M
    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

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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