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Money

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096519
MRDS ID W027909
Record type Site
Current site name Money
Alternate or previous names Kids Group
Related records 10228000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.68403, 38.43304 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 4.7 MILES SW FROM HURRAH PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shafer Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 020E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .099 %, U2O5 = 1.080

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Elephant Canyon Formation
    Rock description Elephant Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.68403, 38.43304
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stratigraphic Pinchout

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE PINCHOUT, LENS, TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wedge Out Of Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moab District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tanny Murphy

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALL MATERIAL AT SITE, PERHAPS 20 TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ALSO TWO DOG HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SPL H-28 , 4 FT CHIP FACE OPEN PIT, 4 FT E OF EAST DOG HOLE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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