Paymaster

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. Materials information
  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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089672
MRDS ID W027897
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster
Alternate or previous names Bridger Jack
Related records 10130277

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.60014, 38.11999 (WGS84)
Elevation 1606
Relative position 2.75 MILES E FROM SOUTH SIX - SHOOTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harts Point South(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 031S 021E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEEN FROM HIGHWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXPLORATION ADIT ON CONTACT CONGLOMERATE AND MUDSTONE. NO RADIOACTIVE COUNT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

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, Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle, Formation, Moss Back Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glen Canyon Group

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG S
    Depth to top 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Scant Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES NIL. JONES H. 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 13.72M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATORY ADIT ALONG CONTACT OF CONGLOMERATE SANDSTONE - MUDSTONE

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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