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Commonwealth South

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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089283
MRDS ID W015519
Record type Site
Current site name Commonwealth South
Related records 10251426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94241, 38.75497 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position .5 MILES SOUTH OF LUCKY STRIKE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Globe(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 024S 009E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, SEC. 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.94241, 38.75497
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 51.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Carbon Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OCCASIONAL HOT ORE ALONG LOGS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 81.69M
    Overall depth 45.72M

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO TOP IS TO TOP OF CLIFF OVER MINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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