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Zebra No. 1 Prospect

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079001
MRDS ID W027766
Record type Site
Current site name Zebra No. 1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.02432, 37.63583 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 3.5 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 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.02432, 37.63583
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

  • RESULTS OF EXTENTIVE DRILLING PROGRAM CONDUCTED UPON DEER FLAT IS UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT ONLY

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 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSED IN FLOAT AND IN PLACE SANDSTONE CONGLOMERATE, OF CHANNEL SEDIMENT. THIS EXPOSURE HAS NOT BEEN STRIPPED AS OF 10-77. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

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

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