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Moki Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. 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 10079082
MRDS ID W027916
Record type Site
Current site name Moki Mine
Alternate or previous names Nighthawk
Related records 10300836

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.57292, 38.08332 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 4.9 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

Harts Point South(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 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC. 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.57292, 38.08332
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 2 DEG S
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 36.58M
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dalco Channel, Scour Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moab District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Notice On Powder House
  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah State Lease 23711

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.028HA
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME OF WORKINGS FLOODED AND BADLY CAVED. WORKINGS NOT FULLY EXPLORED

Comments on development

  • LARGE ROOM & PILLER MINING METHOD. TIMBER STALL USED MANY CAVED. ROOF BOLTS HANGING. SW WORK LOWEST-FLOODED & CAVED MAY CONNECT WITH DRIFT OF S RIM?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    U.G.M.S. STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H., 1977

Reporter information

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

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