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Bluebird

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088121
MRDS ID DB00701
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird
Alternate or previous names Yellow Canary
Related records 10252023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.22908, 38.2497 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Relative position 2.7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRUITA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden Throne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 006E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC. 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.22908, 38.2497
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Capitol Reef

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 14 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 7.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fremont District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.66M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL EXPLORATION ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, FRED J., JR., LYMAN C., HINRICHS, NEAL E., AND LUEDKE, ROBERT G., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITAL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 363

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNKNOWN. VERY SCANTY MINERALIZATION ALONG CLIFF FACE. IN PALEO STREAM CHANNEL. NO THREE DIMENSIONAL INFO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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