Lake Claim

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078771
MRDS ID W027387
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.50069, 37.91971 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position 3.1 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shay Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(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

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 033S 022E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone, Mudstone

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) -109.50069, 37.91971

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer A. J. Redd

Mining district

District name Abajo Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.021HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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