King Edward Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078833
MRDS ID W027486
Record type Site
Current site name King Edward Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.70237, 37.775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 5.3 MILES SSE 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 034S 020E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result 3 FT. CHIP SAMPLE - .396 % U3O8 , .226 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.70237, 37.775

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TABULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 8 DEG SE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleostream Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Wash Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nuclear Silver Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 929.64M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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