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East Woodenshoe

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078760
MRDS ID W027373
Record type Site
Current site name East Woodenshoe
Alternate or previous names Woodenshoe No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.92514, 37.67917 (WGS84)
Elevation 2402
Relative position 1.4 MILES E FROM THE TOE OF THE WOODENSHOE BUTTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodenshoe Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 018E 03 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Mudstone Bleaching

Analytical data

Result 1.5 FT CHIP SAMPLE - .088 % U3O8, .011 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Shinarump Mem
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Shinarump Mem

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.92514, 37.67917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 7 DEG W
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 24.38M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleostream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shumway, Kenneth

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY RIM STRIPPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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