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Prospect in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10087997
MRDS ID DB00115
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.77738, 38.31471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Relative position SHEEP BOTTOM BEND IN COLORADO RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument 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

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 029S 019E 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .005 %
Result U2O5 = 018 %

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.77738, 38.31471
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS COATINGS
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 1 DEG N
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
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 0.076HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 AREAS STRIP MINED; 3 SMALL PITS. 50 X 40 FT, 70 X 40 FT, 120 X 30 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ( SPL. H 46 ) GRAB 70 ST STOCK PILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDED REPLACEMENT AND FRACTURE FILLING IN SANDSTONE CAPPED BY SHALE; SANDSTONE BLEACHED WHITE FROM DARK BROWN - RED THEN TO DARK GRAY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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