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Little Dian

Past 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. 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. 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 10089566
MRDS ID W027467
Record type Site
Current site name Little Dian
Related records 10154968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.76376, 37.73889 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Relative position 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIGALIA RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kigalia Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 020E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result 3 1/2 ' CHIP SAMPLE. .128 % U3O8 , .020 % V2O5 , .030 % V2O5 , .132 % U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.76376, 37.73889
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 22.86M
    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 Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. J. Noonan

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.11 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • LINE D1 ANNUAL PRODUCTION 1960 FROM USAEC PRODUCTION RECORDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

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