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Sure Fire

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079029
MRDS ID W027822
Record type Site
Current site name Sure Fire
Related records 10130245

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.33013, 38.49138 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292
Relative position 5.2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MT. TUKUHNIKIVATZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tukuhnikivatz(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.33013, 38.49138
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 23 DEG W
    Dip 4 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 3.66M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brumley Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Othe R. Murphy, Agent

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.66M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARCHIE D. SMITH, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Smith, Archie D. Bureau of Land Management

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