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George #31 Prospect

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087995
MRDS ID DB00110
Record type Site
Current site name George #31 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.78349, 38.38943 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF MUSSELMAN ARCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Musselman Arch(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

Canyonlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 019E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cutler Group
    Rock description Cutler Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.78349, 38.38943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 57 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A TAN AND GREEN CROSS BEDDED SANDSTONE 200 - 250 FEET BELOW A UNIT WHICH MAY CORRELATE WITH THE WHITE RIM FORMATION OF EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Interriver District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.109HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS: 220 X 50 , 70 X 20 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS SPOTTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Trimble, Larry M. 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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