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Lonesome

Occurrence in San Juan 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10089480
MRDS ID W027040
Record type Site
Current site name Lonesome
Alternate or previous names Gold Butte Group
Related records 10155368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.61819, 37.49028 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUFF, UTAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

No-Mans Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 021E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 SECTION 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone, Mudstone

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 7 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bluff - Butler Wash Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Seth Shumway

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M. 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO VISIBLE MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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