Green Dragon

Occurrence in Grand 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078966
MRDS ID W027721
Record type Site
Current site name Green Dragon
Related records 10252071

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.68877, 38.65081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 2.7 MILE ESE OF MONITOR BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merrimac Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 020E 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation Moss Back Mbr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.68877, 38.65081

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven-Mile District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES ARE UNKNOWN DUE TO CAVED WORKINGS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE CAVED 30 YARD IN FROM PORTAL WITH A 10 FT HIGH RAISE. LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE BASE OF DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DROULLARD, R. F., AND E. E. JONES, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYON URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO., UTAH: U.S.A.E.C. RME-4066

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M. 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE CAVED, DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNAVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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