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Eureka & Uranium Occurrence

Past Producer in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088787
MRDS ID M058708
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka & Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.91045, 40.06357 (WGS84)
Elevation 3013
Relative position 2,250 FT S 45 E OF ODEKIRK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pariette Draw SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green-Desolation Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 018E 05 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Uinta
    Rock description Uinta
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.91045, 40.06357
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel, Overbank, Associated With Organic Debris

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Peak Draw Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATE IS FOR ALL WORKINGS IN THE AREA WHICH INCLUDES; STAIN NO. 1, EUREKA NO. 4 AND CANARY BIRD CLAIMS.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZED BENCHES, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER H.C., AND BOUAR H.L., 1950, THE EUREKA AND HAPPY LANDING GROUPS OF CLAIMS, UINTAH CO., UTAH, A PRELIMINARY REPORT; USGS TRACE ELEMENTS MEMORANDUM REPORT 32.

  • Deposit

    CRAIG L.C., HAIL W.J. JR., AND LUFT S.J., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION VERNAL QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH, DOE PGJ/F-026(82) P. 43-46.

  • Production

    TEM-32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HORIZONTAL BEDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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