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Slum

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089491
MRDS ID W027069
Record type Site
Current site name Slum
Alternate or previous names Longshot
Related records 10155268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.30013, 37.71278 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEVIL MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devil Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 024E 28,29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 28 AND NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Roscoelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.30013, 37.71278
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE TABULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma Canyon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dan Shumway

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Period 1977
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.09% U3o8, 1.11% V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 1wt-pct
    Trace U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR TWO MONTHS - 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.59M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUFF, L. C., AND LESURE, F. G., 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1190

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

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