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Emma

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078549
MRDS ID W026931
Record type Site
Current site name Emma
Related records 10227328

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15319, 38.66248 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 2.7 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 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 025E 025S 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SECTION 3 , UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Montroseite 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.15319, 38.66248
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 10.67M
    Depth to bottom 10.97M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gateway

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS, 2 OF WHICH ARE INTERCONNECTED UNDERGROUND. MINE PORTALS ARE ACCESSABLE BY A 30 FT. WOODEN LADDER WHICH IS IN POOR STATE OF REPAIR. WORKINGS INCLUDE A METAL TRIPOD APPARENTLY USED TO HOIST ORE TO TOP OF 30 FT. CLIFF ABOVE PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EICHER, L.J. AND MILLER, G.A. 1956 , GATEWAY DISTRICT, MESA CO. COLORADO AND GRAND CO., UTAH IN GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS, US AEC TEI 620

Reporter information

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

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

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