Buckskin #1

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. 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089622
MRDS ID W027703
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.30541, 38.47638 (WGS84)
Elevation 2417
Relative position 3.6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MT. TUKUHNIKIVATZ

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

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 027S 024E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Mica 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) -109.30541, 38.47638

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike DUE NORTH
    Dip 13.5 DEG. W
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Brumley Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walker, J. R.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 31.39M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SMITH A. D., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BAD GROUND

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.