Sulphur Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088141
MRDS ID DB00767
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur Creek Prospect
Related records 10154791

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.39631, 38.33498 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TORREY, UTAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrey(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

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 005E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 31 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

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) -111.39631, 38.33498

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

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 Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS FILLED BUT PROBABLY SHALLOW.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PORTAL IS FILLED WITH BROKEN ROCK-DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION NOT POSSIBLE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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