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Occurrence 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. 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078800
MRDS ID W027425
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.14346, 37.62833 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 5.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DALTON'S RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsehead Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(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 036S 025E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.14346, 37.62833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 1.83M
    Width 0.91M
    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 Montezuma Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUFF, L. C., AND LESURE, F. G., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U. S. G. S. BULLETIN 1190

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

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

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