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Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078968
MRDS ID W027723
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.68515, 38.64748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 2.9 MILES 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 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -109.68515, 38.64748
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Moab Fault To The East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 7 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 3.05M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 16.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Structures And Carbonaceous Material

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

  • NO APPARENT RESOURCES AT THIS DEPOSIT

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SIMPLE ADIT

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 DEPOSIT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF CARBONEOUS TRASH

Reporter information

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

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

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