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Blue Bird

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089613
MRDS ID W027682
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird
Related records 10154917

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.38319, 38.3136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 1.2 MILES EAST OF LA SAL JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Sal Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 023E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.38319, 38.3136
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 24.38M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

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 Browns Hole

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.008HA
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADITS ALL SHORT. LONGEST IS 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS CONCENTRATED AT A SCOUR CONTACT BETWEEN TWO SANDSTONE BEDS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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