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Cobalt # 1

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Vanadium, Silver, Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078712
MRDS ID W027242
Record type Site
Current site name Cobalt # 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.72182, 38.82054 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Relative position APPROX 5.2 MILES WEST - NORTHWEST OF DARK ANGEL ARCH, ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondike Bluffs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 020E 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 09

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.72182, 38.82054
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Thompson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.48 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SHAFT MADE ACCESS IMPOSSIBLE AND WORKINGS WEREN'T ASSESSED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF A SHAFT WITH SOME LEVELS THAT WERE WORKED AND 2 TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W. L., 1952 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 46 , 51 P

  • Production

    UGMS 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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