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Laura Mine

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078832
MRDS ID W027484
Record type Site
Current site name Laura Mine
Related records 10227784

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.7032, 37.75222 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 6.9 MILES SSW FROM ROUND MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chippean Rocks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 035S 020E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: N 1/2 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Siltstone

Analytical data

Result 3 FT CHIP SAMPLE - 1.030 % U3O8 , .011 % V2O5 , 4 FT. CHIP SAMPLE - .756 % U3O8 , .009 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.7032, 37.75222
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Comb Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENS
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG SE
    Thickness 4.88M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 70.1M
    Depth to bottom 70.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Alva Rockwell
Year of first production 1977

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Wash Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lowell And Keith Rockwell
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rockwell, Alva A. And Alva F.

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Period -1977
    Material U
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.15 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 IS FOR PRODUCTION OF FEB. - OCT., 1977.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 70.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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