Yellow Canary

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094375
MRDS ID D006283
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Canary

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.22294, 40.93384 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES SSE OF TWO HORSE BUTTE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 024E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Carnotite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Hyalite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillitization And Sencitization

Analytical data

Result RICHEST SAMPLE CONTAINS 0.57 PERCENT U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.22294, 40.93384

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Landslide, Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Butler

Mining district

District name Red Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. W. Bailey
    Home office Rock Spgs, Wy.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Green And William Allen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 57.91M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY 100 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE PRESENTLY ACCESSIBLE; 700 FT. OF BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: WILMARTH, 1953, P. 6 AND 7.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111

  • Deposit

    WILMARTH, V.R., 1953, YELLOW CANARY URANIUM DEPOSITS, DAGGET CO. UT: U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR 312

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGET CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE UTAH-COL.-WYO: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 490

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, PP 111, P. 605

  • Deposit

    1953 MINEMAP WILMARTH, CIRC. 312

  • Production

    HANSEN, 1965, GEOLOGY OF FLAMING GORGE AREA, UT-COL. WY. U.S.G.S. PP 490

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SUR. ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIGGINGS ARE FOUND IN AN AREA 200 X 300 FT IN SIZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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