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Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089564
MRDS ID W027462
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.57013, 37.73167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1.9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANCOS JIM BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mancos Jim Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(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

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 021E 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone, Sandstone

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) -109.57013, 37.73167

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD
    Strike N 24 DEG W
    Dip 4 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Wash Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 75.9M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.