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Chipmonk #3 Mines

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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078950
MRDS ID W027686
Record type Site
Current site name Chipmonk #3 Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.38819, 38.45221 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 2.1 MILES NW OF M4 RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 023E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

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) -109.38819, 38.45221
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 32 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ted Miller

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 68.58M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND SOME RIM CUTTING. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY M. 1977

Reporter information

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

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