Agate-Lucky Strike

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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 10088096
MRDS ID DB00582
Record type Site
Current site name Agate-Lucky Strike
Alternate or previous names Agate Group
Related records 10275538

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70101, 37.75499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF MT. ELLSWORTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Creek Benches(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 011E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70101, 37.75499

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mtns Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description South Flank Little Rockies Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form POD-LIKE TO TABULAR
    Strike N 7 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Length 7.62M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Sedimentary Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns/South/Shootaring

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Plateau Resources

Comments on the production information

  • MAY NOT BE COMPLETE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL TONNAGES ON MINE WALLS, REMAINDER IN POTENTIAL RESOURCES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 792.48M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PODS ON PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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