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Alta

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089466
MRDS ID W026920
Record type Site
Current site name Alta
Related records 10226889

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.09458, 38.62221 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 2.5 MILES NORTH OF KIRKS BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolores Point South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 026E 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 SEC. 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.09458, 38.62221
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 12.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gateway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James L. Harbison
  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles V. Woodard

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, ONE WITH 150 FEET WORKINGS, ONE WITH 50 FEET WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EICHER, L.J. AND MILLER, G.A. 1956 , GATEWAY DISTRICT, MESA CO. COLORADO AND GRAND CO. UTAH; FROM GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS, US AEC TEI 620

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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