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Point

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078804
MRDS ID W027429
Record type Site
Current site name Point
Related records 10276464, 10300725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.1429, 37.62194 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 6.0 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DALTONS RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bug Canyon(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: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Roscoelite Ore

Analytical data

Result .013 % U3O8 , 2.72 % 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) -109.1429, 37.62194
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUFF, L. C., LESURE, F. G., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UT., USGS BULL. 1190 , 102 P

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Trimble, Larry 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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