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Wortenson Prospect

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096463
MRDS ID W026447
Record type Site
Current site name Wortenson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19603, 38.74775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position ONE MILE EAST NORTHEAST OF BLUE FLAT RESERVOIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mussentuchit Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(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 006E 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result .015 % V3O8 .077 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE TABULAR
    Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Flank San Rafael Swell Area.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom And Leon Mortensen

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1977 , DINOSAUR CLAIMS, WEST FLANK OF SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, UGMS FIELD REPORT

  • Production

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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