Unknown Prospect

Occurrence 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. 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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089653
MRDS ID W027836
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.38208, 38.41693 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 1.7 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF M 4 RANCH AND 1.8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHEST POINT IN SE 1/4 SECTION 32 TOWNSHIP 27 SOUTH, RANGE 23 EAST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(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 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NW 1/4 SEC 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.38208, 38.41693

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 15 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Base Of Sandstone Lens

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.026HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 PROSPECT PITS 30' X 20' X 6', 10' X 20' X 6' & 10' X 6' X 6'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    LEE PERRY, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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