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Green Dragon No. 3

Occurrence in Emery 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. 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 10096420
MRDS ID W018773
Record type Site
Current site name Green Dragon No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.99852, 38.70164 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position .9 MILES NORTH OF TOMSICH BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tomsich Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 024S 008E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Mottled Siltstone Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Mottled Siltstone Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.99852, 38.70164
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 6 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Albrecht

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 141.73M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1239

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S
Deposit NO URANIUM DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THIS MINE. MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TO SMALL PLANT FRAGMENTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

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