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Eagle Mine

Occurrence 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 10089337
MRDS ID W018759
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Mine
Related records 10154336

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.00073, 38.67303 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF TOMSIGH BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ireland Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(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 008E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC. 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching Below Sandstones

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.00073, 38.67303
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED LENSES AT BOTTOM OF CHANNEL SANDSTONE
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 54.86M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 16.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash, Clay Galls And Contact Of Sandstones

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONES - THICK CROSSBEDDED LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY LITTLE MINERALIZATION APPARENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, ONE 35 FT LONG, THE OTHER 215 FT LONG

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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