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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078980
MRDS ID W027738
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.44598, 38.40555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 1.4 MILES NNE OF KANE SPRINGS

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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 022E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.44598, 38.40555
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, POD
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash, Coaly Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moab - Bridger Jack

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL TENS OF TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.428HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF 5 PIT AREAS SCATTERED OVER 6 ACRES AVG PIT IS 15 X 90 X 15 FT DEEP, SEVERAL PITS ARE FOR DEVELOPMENT ONLY. A FEW DOG HOLES, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DESTROYED BY SURFACE WORK.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOWS MAX SIZE OF LENS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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