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Black Hawk - 1 - 2

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097939
MRDS ID DB00038
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk - 1 - 2
Alternate or previous names Midnight

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.3443, 38.01777 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 4.6 MILES SOUTH FROM CHURCH ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Church Rock(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 032S 023E 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 8 IN. CHIP SAMPLE FROM 12 FT. INTO SIDE PORTAL - SE RIB. SAMPLED ACROSS BLACKISH LENS. .009 % U3O8 , .595 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.3443, 38.01777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 9 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.37M
    Depth to top 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Marion Birch

Mining district

District name Dry Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Candless, T. E.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Climax Uranium Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 13.72M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION ADIT

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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