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Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096337
MRDS ID W014832
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.43212, 38.91136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 3.2 MILES SOUTH 75 DEG WEST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spotted Wolf Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 013E 07 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching Of Sandstone Along Fault

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Entrada Formation
    Rock description Entrada Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.43212, 38.91136

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments, East San Rafael Monocline, Northwest Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 8 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Green River Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1.52M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on development

  • L50 - ECONOMIC STUDY (RME 98), L60 - ECONOMIC STUDY (UGMS BULLETIN 1976)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS ON A FAULT; IT'S DIMENSIONS ARE UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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