Fry No. 4 Mine

Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079007
MRDS ID W027779
Record type Site
Current site name Fry No. 4 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.10293, 37.56222 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 3 MILES S FROM THE NEEDLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moss Back Butte(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 037S 016E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE H-12 - GRAB - 4 FT SPACING AROUND TOP OF 125 ST STOCK PILE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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) -110.10293, 37.56222

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paleochannels

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N - S
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, Fry Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Power And Light Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Butt - Harold Nelson

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOW GRADE .07 % U3O8 PILE 300 ST, HIGH-GRADE .2 % U3O8 - 200 ST

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION DRILLING - EXTENT UNKNOWN TO THE NE, ALSO TO THE SW - RESULTS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAMPLE H-12 , 15 GRAB 4 FT SPACING AROUND 125 ST STOCK PILE.

  • 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 CO., 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

    OPERATOR, HAROLD NELSON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HAROLD NELSON OPERATOR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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