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Cup

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Alteration
  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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079065
MRDS ID W027894
Record type Site
Current site name Cup
Alternate or previous names Chuckar, Blue Goose
Related records 10202783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.63264, 38.07888 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 3.06 MILES SE FROM SOUTH SIX-SHOOTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Six-shooter Peak(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 031S 021E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result .027 % U3O8 , .008 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Moss Back Member
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.63264, 38.07888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG N
    Thickness 0.55M
    Depth to top 0.46M
    Depth to bottom 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clayton Stocks

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES NIL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 856.49M
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 UNDER GROUND WORKINGS - LARGEST MECHANIZED TRACKLESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SPL H37 - 8" X 10" OVAL - LOG? 190 FT IN FROM PORTAL, W FACE, NW DRIFT - YELLOW CRUST

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H. 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF CARBON TRASH AND LOGS REPLACED BY URANIUM IN A SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

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

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

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