Rattlesnake Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079041
MRDS ID W027852
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.33847, 38.29527 (WGS84)
Elevation 2006
Relative position 2.6 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE JUNCTION OF UTAH 46 AND LISBON VALLEY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Sal West(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

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 029S 023E 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

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) -109.33847, 38.29527

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Woodmont Inc.

Mining district

District name Big Indian Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Woodmont Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Continental Materials Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.876HA
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE WAS ORIGINAL MINE FROM TWO OPEN PIT AND THEN WAS FOLLOWED UNDERGROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIR, G. W. JR, LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH-COLORADO, TEI #590 , P. 30 - 42

  • Deposit

    WEEKS, ALICE D., 1956 U.S.G.S. P.P. #300 P. 187 - 193

  • Deposit

    USAEC GUIDEBOOK, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN U.S. USAEC, OCTOBER 1959

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., AND R. E. COHENOUR, U.G.M.S. GUIDE BOOK #21 P. 150 - 154

  • Production

    SMOUSE 1973 , U.G.M.S. STUDY

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.