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Myton #2

Occurrence in Uintah 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088035
MRDS ID DB00228
Record type Site
Current site name Myton #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.89184, 40.06913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position 1.8 MILES ENE CASTLE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pariette Draw SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green-Desolation Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018E 33 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Uinta Formation
    Rock description Uinta Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.89184, 40.06913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 27 DEG W
    Dip 8 DEG E
    Length 32.81M
    Width 27.43M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bountiful Uranium Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.008HA
    Overall length 30M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO DOZER CUTS ALONG OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRUITT, R. G., 1961 , THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTA COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL 7

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS LOCATED ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN CROSS-BEDDED SANDSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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