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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089519
MRDS ID W027243
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.70071, 38.81387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position APPROX 4.2 MILES WEST - NORTHWEST OF DARK ANGEL ARCH, ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondike Bluffs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 023S 020E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

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 > Siltstone
  • 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) -109.70071, 38.81387
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES SEEM TO BE FOUND WITHIN (WITH AID OF GEIGER COUNTER).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 68.58M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF ONE ADIT. CAVING HAS OCCURRED 225 FT. INSIDE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W. L., 1952 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 46 , 51 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNAVAILABLE. URANIUM IS ORE MOST LIKELY ENCOUNTERED, IF ANY

Reporter information

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

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