| 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: | -111.22018, 37.86305 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1682 |
| Relative position | 5 MILES WEST OF STUDHORSE PEAKS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 034S | 006E | 14 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Result | GRAB SAMPLES U3O8 0.04 TO 0.09 PERCENT |
|---|---|
| Result | CU 0.08 TO 3.15 PERCENT |
| Result | V2O5 0.01 PERCENT. |
| 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 | ||
| |||
| (1) | -111.22018, 37.86305 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | West Flank Of Anticline |
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Una H. Thomas |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| District name | Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Leslie S. Weeks |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 11000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 45000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 33.53M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00589 |
SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967
DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 1229 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULLETIN 1229
1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
USBM - MAS 4
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WEST EDGE OF SHINARUMP CHANNEL IN LOWER 2 FEET. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1950S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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