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Sheets Gulch Mine

Past Producer in Garfield 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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088139
MRDS ID DB00757
Record type Site
Current site name Sheets Gulch Mine
Related records 10154825

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.1838, 38.11609 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 4.7 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANT CREEK RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Canyon(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 007E 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.1838, 38.11609
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Water Pocket Fold

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS IN A THIN MUDSTONE BETWEEN THE SHINARUMP AND MOENKOPI.

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 U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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