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Tree Mine

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Alteration
  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 10078639
MRDS ID W027083
Record type Site
Current site name Tree Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.44291, 37.46111 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Relative position 10.4 MILES NORTH OF MC CRACKEN POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bench(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 022E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone, Conglomerate

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) -109.44291, 37.46111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel, Tree Remains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bluff - Butler Wash Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bleak, Charles

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.219HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Trimble, Larry 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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