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Power Wagon Mine

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10088137
MRDS ID DB00751
Record type Site
Current site name Power Wagon Mine
Alternate or previous names Floral Reef
Related records 10300602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.17546, 38.1622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANT CREEK RANCH

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 030S 007E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 33 (UNSURVEYED)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SELECT GRAB SAMPLE: U3O8 - .003 V2O5 - .003

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) Moenkopi Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Capitol Reef

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 24 DEG W
    Dip 12 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Notom Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Anderson

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VANADIUM CONTENT MAY BE VERY HIGH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 20.73M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL ADIT AND ONE COYOTE HOLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    LARRY TRIMBLE, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENGTH AND WIDTH DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE DUE TO SLIDES ALONG CLIFF FACE AND LIMITED EXTENT OF WORKINGS. MINERALIZATION APPEARED STRONG WHERE EXPOSED.

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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