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Widowmaker - Mine

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089640
MRDS ID W027803
Record type Site
Current site name Widowmaker - Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.1021, 37.62861 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 1.6 MILES NORTH OF THE NEEDLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cheesebox(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(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

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 036S 016E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS ARE APHANITIC

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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 Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cutler Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR IRREGULAR, LENS
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Canyon District - White Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES NIL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION ADIT IN SANDSTONE AND MUDSTONE PALEOCHANNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FLAT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1132

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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