| Deposit ID | 10079014 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027791 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Radium King Eastern Working Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes East Incline and Allen No. 2 Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.23182, 37.58222 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1615 |
| Relative position | 5.7 MILES SW OF FRY SPRING |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 037S | 015E | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member | ||||
| Rock description | Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.23182, 37.58222 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR TABULAR, LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 DEG W |
| Dip | 2 DEG W |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Canyon District, Red Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Atlas Minerals Corp. |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 226000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027791 |
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
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
HAROLD JONES, 1973
UGMS STUDY, 1973
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKINGS NOT VISITED. DESCRIPTION UNAVAILABLE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1977 | Jones, Harold H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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