Blue Bird

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088099
MRDS ID DB00589
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird
Alternate or previous names Mas 4 1023
Related records 10153949

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.22018, 37.86305 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF STUDHORSE PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioneer Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(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 034S 006E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 ; NE 1/4 ; SW 1/4 ; OF SECTION 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Bleaching

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES U3O8 0.04 TO 0.09 PERCENT
Result CU 0.08 TO 3.15 PERCENT
Result V2O5 0.01 PERCENT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member-Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Mbr.-Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.22018, 37.86305

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Flank Of Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 4 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Fragments And Carbon Trash

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION AT OR JUST ABOVE MOENKOPI-SHINARUMP CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Una H. Thomas
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leslie S. Weeks

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 11000mt ore
    Indicated 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.1 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Trace 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, EACH 50 - 60 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967

  • Deposit

    DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 1229 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULLETIN 1229

  • Deposit

    1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

  • Production

    USBM - MAS 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEST EDGE OF SHINARUMP CHANNEL IN LOWER 2 FEET.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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