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Rainbow Ledge

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. Mining district
  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 10079068
MRDS ID W027899
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Ledge
Related records 10203204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.72402, 37.36528 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 3.5 MILES W FROM HORSEHEAD ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bluff SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 020E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: E 1/2 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached Or Leached Arkosic Sandstone

Analytical data

Result .045 % U3O8 , .070 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cutler Formation, Bogus Tongue Member
    Rock description Cutler Formation, Bogus Tongue Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.72402, 37.36528
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS IRREGULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip 2 DEG E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • White Lens Of Arkosic Sandstone Only Contains Mineralization

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moab District, Indian Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Butt, Jim C.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SPL H39-15 GRAB 3 FT SPACING 3/4 TO TOP 25 ST STOCK PILE.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H. 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. U.S. Geological Survey

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