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Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078994
MRDS ID W027757
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0446, 37.64861 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 2.3 MILES ESE FROM THE CHEESEBOX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cheesebox(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 017E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

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, Shinarump Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0446, 37.64861
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Stable Platform

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, Deer Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE INFORMATION UNKNOWN DUE TO INACCESSABILITY

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT IN MUD STONE CAVING - WATER DAMED, WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE. DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • EXTENTIVE DRILL ENE OF ADIT RESULTS UNKNOWN - AIR VENT HOLE PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD COS., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FLAT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1132 .

  • Production

    UGMS. STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, HAROLD, 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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