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Windy Point

Past Producer 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089512
MRDS ID W027225
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Point
Alternate or previous names Juniper Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.45348, 38.85665 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position APPROX. 2.15 MILES NORTH EAST OF YELLOW CAT RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cisco SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westwater Canyon(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 022S 022E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Hematite Gangue

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.45348, 38.85665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Petro Nuclear, Ltd.
    Home office 1300 Lincoln Tower, Denver, Co 80202

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 5 ADITS, ONE SHAFT. MANY OF THE DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS WERE FLOODED BY THE LAST RAIN AND ARE MUDDY AND DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL THROUGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY ADITS ARE SCATTERED WITHIN THE DEPOSIT MAKING ITS DIMENSIONS (LENGTH, WIDTH) SEEM LARGER THAN THEY ARE.

Reporter information

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

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