Black Ace #3 Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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. Materials information
  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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089616
MRDS ID W027689
Record type Site
Current site name Black Ace #3 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.37263, 38.46582 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 2.0 MILES NNW OF M4 RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tukuhnikivatz(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 027S 023E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Malachite Ore

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) -109.37263, 38.46582

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. L. Winbourn

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16.46M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY M. 1977

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.