| Deposit ID | 10089201 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014802 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Incline #7 West Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.37184, 38.97691 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1353 |
| Relative position | 3.7 MILES NORTH 2 DEG. EAST OF HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jessies Twist(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Rafael(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 021S | 014E | 22 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| (1) | Bluff Ss, Summerville Fm, Curtis Fm, Entrada Ss, and Carmel Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold - And Fault Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments Saleratus Graben |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL OR LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 DEG E |
| Dip | 8 DEG SE |
| Plunge | 5 DEG |
| Plunge direction | NE |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 4.57M |
| Depth to bottom | 22.86M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1960 |
| Discoverer | Four Corners Uranium Corp |
| District name | Green River Desert District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jack Waterson |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Atlas Minerals Corp. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 106.68M |
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014802 |
TRIMBLE, L. M. AND H. H. DOELLING, 1976 GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. (UNPUBLISHED)
CRAIG, L. C., AND D. D. DICKEY 1956, JURASSIC STRATA OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLO.: IAPG GUIDEBOOK, 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF., PP. 93 - 104
STOKES, W. L., 1952 LOWER CRETACEOUS IN COLORADO PLATEAU: AAPG BULLEIN, VOL. 36 PP. 1766 - 1776
1956 RECON IAPG - PAPER 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF.
1957 OTHER USAEC - UNPUBLISHED REPORT RME - 98
JENSEN, H. N., 1953 , RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA, EMERY CO., UTAH: USAEC RME-98 ; MILLIONS, I., 1957 , RECONNAISSANCE OF AND INVESTIGATIONAL DRILLING FOR URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT, UTAH: USAEC RME-102
1976 OTHER UGMS - BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT IS ELONGATE IN THE DIRECTION OF PALEOCHANNELS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1977 | Trimble, Larry M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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