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Big Red

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078827
MRDS ID W027476
Record type Site
Current site name Big Red

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.95209, 37.66278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 6.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIGALIA RANGER STATION

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

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 018E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.95209, 37.66278
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENS
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

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 State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Power And Light Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 198.12M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS: WESTERN ADIT FLOODED, CENTER ADIT CAVED, EASTERN ADIT IS OPEN AND IS THE MAP LOCATION

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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