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Copper Penny

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079076
MRDS ID W027908
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Penny
Alternate or previous names Breezey
Related records 10227983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.65403, 38.43332 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Relative position 3.7 MILES SSW FROM HURRAH PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shafer Basin(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 027S 022E 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.65403, 38.43332
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shallow Channel Cut Into Moenkopi

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG E
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Logs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moab District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. Campbell

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT MINES, & SEVERAL DOG HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    H. H. DOELLING

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOG CLUSTERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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