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Copper King 1 & 2a

Past Producer 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078975
MRDS ID W027732
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King 1 & 2a
Related records 10275909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.70265, 38.67859 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position 2.1 MILES NE 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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 020E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    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) -109.70265, 38.67859
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Moab Fault Is Just To The East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Structures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Seven - Mile District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS TO WORKINGS IS BY TWO ADITS. ONE IS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO CAVING AND THE OTHER IS FLOODED 50 FT IN; LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DROULLARD, R. F., AND E. E. JONES, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYON URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO. UT: USAEC RME-4066

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

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.

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