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Snowflake Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10089654
MRDS ID W027838
Record type Site
Current site name Snowflake Mine
Alternate or previous names Sunflower

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.39708, 38.41888 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 2.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF M 4 RANCH AND 1.1 MILES NORTH 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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

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 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC 28

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) -109.39708, 38.41888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 15 DEG
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bramley Ridge

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. V. Swell (Plateau Resources Ltd.)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.526HA
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SURFACE PIT OCCUR ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE ORE ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARROW, C. E., R. A. TEACHMAN, R. C. DICKINSON AND T. K. HILLEARY, 1955 , DRILLING AT THE SUNFLOWER AND SNOWFLAKE, LUCKY STRIKE AND PETERINO CLAIMS AND YELLOW CIRCLE CLAIM GROUP SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH USAEL RME 58

  • Production

    SMOUSE 1973 (UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FILES)

Reporter information

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

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

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