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Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089641
MRDS ID W027805
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Alternate or previous names North Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.22627, 37.67499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 0.7 MILES SW OF SOLDIER CROSSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacobs Chair(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 015E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS ARE APHANITIC

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .037 %, V2O5 = .021 %.

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) Glen Canyon Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 4 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Length 91.44M
    Width 27.43M
    Depth to top 5.49M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Canyon District - White Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Power And Light Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.095HA
    Length 27.43M
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 109.73M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on development

  • UNDER GROUND MINE TURNED OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAMPLE H - 23 , 14 GRAB 3/4 UP TO ST STOCK PILE

  • 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

  • Production

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    UGMS STUDY, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANDSTONE LENS - RADIOACTIVITY NIL, TREE LIMBS - SOME RADIOACTIVITY

Reporter information

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

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