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Memphis Mines

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078733
MRDS ID W027286
Record type Site
Current site name Memphis Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.53264, 38.82526 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 1.9 MILES EAST OF MOLLIE HOGANS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mollie Hogans(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 022E 06,07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result .480 % U3O8 , 2.82 % V2O5

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) -109.53264, 38.82526
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, SCATTERED PODS
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 4 DEG N
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompson - Yellow Cat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee And Small

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 242.32M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS TO WORKINGS IS BY NUMEROUS ADITS

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS GENERALLY IN COALY MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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