| Deposit ID | 10089340 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W018766 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Butte |
| Alternate or previous names | Adams Uranium |
| Related records | 10154015 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.96907, 38.73441 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1731 |
| Relative position | 3.5 MILES NE OF TOMSICH BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tomsich Butte(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 024S | 009E | 07 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Mottled Siltstone Unit |
| Rock description | Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Mottled Siltstone Unit |
| (1) | -110.96907, 38.73441 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell |
| General form | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 28 DEG W |
| Dip | 7DEG SW |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 3.05M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Depth to top | 15.24M |
| Depth to bottom | 182.88M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| District name | San Rafael District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 361.49M |
| Overall depth | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W018766 |
HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1239
1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1950'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Trimble, Larry M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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