Midas 4

Occurrence 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. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088116
MRDS ID DB00635
Record type Site
Current site name Midas 4
Alternate or previous names Mas 21 1019
Related records 10130263

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08407, 37.89721 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position NE STUDHORSE PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bitter Creek Divide(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 033S 007E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Torbernite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Moderate Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08407, 37.89721

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 12 DEG W
    Dip 4 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 85.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Trash

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT SHINARUMP - MOENKOPI CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.15 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS 20 - 30 FT. IN LENGTH

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 21

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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