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Prospect On School Section

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089657
MRDS ID W027845
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect On School Section
Related records 10202982

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.39569, 38.36582 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RESERVOIR IN BROWNS HOLE AND 3.8 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LA SAL JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Sal Junction(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 023E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC 16

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) -109.39569, 38.36582
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Browns Hole Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tom Balsley
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4.57M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT 15 FEET LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    LEE PERRY

Reporter information

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

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