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Consolidated

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089280
MRDS ID W015512
Record type Site
Current site name Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Washington Uranium
Related records 10202782

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.83268, 38.77497 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position .75 MI NE. OF FAMILY BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 010E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Mbr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.83268, 38.77497
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell Center
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures And Joint Zone Trending N 45 Deg W, Dipping 45 Deg To Vertical To The Se

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 00 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 16.76M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash, Woody Material, Logs

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIN TO THICK BEDDED SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOWER 3 FOOT OF CHANNEL CONTAINS NUMEROUS STREAKS OF CARBON TRASH. THESE ARE SEVERAL FEET IN LENGTH AND UP TO 1/2 FOOT THICK, PROBABLY POD SHAPED IN PLAN. GRADE IN PODS AVG .10% TO .40% IF ENTIRE 3 FOOT IS TAKEN. ORE GRADE WOULD AVERAGE .05% U3O8. POTENTIAL FOR LARGER POCKETS EXISTS (1000 TON POTENTIAL)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M
    Overall depth 16.76M

Comments on development

  • MUCH DRILLING HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS PROPERTY ; ECON.COM: REMOTE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH, : USGS BULL. 1239

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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