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Chipmunk #2 Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079034
MRDS ID W027832
Record type Site
Current site name Chipmunk #2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.38763, 38.4511 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF M4 RANCH AND 2.1 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HOUSE IN SECTION 4 TOWNSHIP 27 S. RANGE 23 EAST.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 023E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite 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 Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.38763, 38.4511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 47 DEG W
    Dip 32 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 5.79M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel And Carboneous Trash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ted Miller

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.022HA
    Length 4.57M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT EXTENDS INTO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WHICH FOLLOW THE ORE FOR 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    LEE PERRY, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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