| Deposit ID | 10094375 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D006283 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Canary |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.22294, 40.93384 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1841 |
| Relative position | 1 1/4 MILES SSE OF TWO HORSE BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Daggett(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clay Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Divide-Upper Green(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Daggett |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002N | 024E | 05 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Brochantite | Ore |
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Hyalite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | RICHEST SAMPLE CONTAINS 0.57 PERCENT U3O8 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Red Creek Quartzite |
| Rock description | Red Creek Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite |
| (1) | -109.22294, 40.93384 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Landslide, Local Faults |
| General form | UNKNOWN |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | STEEPLY SW |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1920 |
| Discoverer | Butler |
| District name | Red Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. W. Bailey |
| Home office | Rock Spgs, Wy. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. E. Green And William Allen |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 57.91M |
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D006283 |
SRC.REF: WILMARTH, 1953, P. 6 AND 7.
BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111
WILMARTH, V.R., 1953, YELLOW CANARY URANIUM DEPOSITS, DAGGET CO. UT: U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR 312
RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGET CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66
HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE UTAH-COL.-WYO: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 490
1920 RECON BUTLER, PP 111, P. 605
1953 MINEMAP WILMARTH, CIRC. 312
HANSEN, 1965, GEOLOGY OF FLAMING GORGE AREA, UT-COL. WY. U.S.G.S. PP 490
DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SUR. ON SITE INVEST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DIGGINGS ARE FOUND IN AN AREA 200 X 300 FT IN SIZE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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