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Uranium King

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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079012
MRDS ID W027787
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium King
Alternate or previous names Cove Group
Related records 10300562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.19599, 37.59639 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 5.0 MILES WEST OF 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

Fry Spring(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 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

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 > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Shinarump
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Shinarump
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.19599, 37.59639
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, Red Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT CAVED 115 FT SLOPE DISTANCE FROM PORTALS UNGROUND WORKINGS UNKNOWN - DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT UNKNOWN, INCLINE N 15 DEG W

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 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

    U.G.M.S. STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNKNOWN DUE TO CAVING.

Reporter information

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

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