Lone B

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088114
MRDS ID DB00630
Record type Site
Current site name Lone B
Alternate or previous names Mas 18 1024
Related records 10178895

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.22685, 37.82527 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689
Relative position EAST SIDE WOLVERINE BENCH

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 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Moderate Bleaching In Upper 3 - 4 Ft. Of Moenkopi

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.22685, 37.82527

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 12 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Charcoaly Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT BASE OF SHINARUMP MBR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs Area - Henry Mtns. District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Neal J. Mortenson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Spur Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • GREATER THAN 100 LBS. U3O8

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 - 100 - FT. ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

  • Production

    USBM - MAS 18

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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