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Little Susan Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089336
MRDS ID W018756
Record type Site
Current site name Little Susan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.99491, 38.58664 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 0.7 MILES WEST OF THE MUDDY RIVER, 1.8 MILES NW OF DELTA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hunt Draw(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 026S 009E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC. 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DESSIMINATED COALY MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.99491, 38.58664
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sw Flank Of San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 7 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 137.16M
    Depth to bottom 140.21M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Coaly Trash

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONES, MASSIVE SLOPE FORMING AND LENTICULAR, VARY COLORED. MONITOR BUTTE BEST ORE AT BASE OF THICK BEDDED, GREY, CLIFF FORMING SANDSTONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Anderson, Salt Lake

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 306.32M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS CONNECTED UNDERGROUND

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP BARED 200 FEET, 2 ENTRIES TO MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY - REPT. OF INVEST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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