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Chess Ridge #3

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078955
MRDS ID W027699
Record type Site
Current site name Chess Ridge #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.32125, 38.46943 (WGS84)
Elevation 2341
Relative position 4.0 MILES NW OF MT. TUKUHNIKIVATZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tukuhnikivatz(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

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 027S 024E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Mica Ore
Pyrite Gangue

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) -109.32125, 38.46943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 3 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 19.81M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Brumley Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 46.33M
    Overall depth 19.81M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS A ZONE OF STREAKS AND BLEBS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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