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Polar #2

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078547
MRDS ID W026926
Record type Site
Current site name Polar #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15041, 38.65304 (WGS84)
Elevation 2310
Relative position 3.5 MILES SE OF COWHEAD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fisher Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 025E 10 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Roll Ore Bodies

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gateway

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EICHER, L.J., AND MILLER G.A., 1956 , GATEWAY DISTRICT, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO, AND GRAND CO. UT. FROM GEOLOGIC INV. OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: US AEC TEI 620

  • Reserve-Resource

    BLAIR MC CARTHY 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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