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Wilson Mine

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097940
MRDS ID DB00049
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.25402, 38.13193 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 3.0 MILES EAST FROM WHITE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandstone Draw(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 030S 024E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Analytical data

Result 12 INCH VERTICAL CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS MINERALIZED ZONE 230 FT. FROM PORTAL, UPPER WORKINGS, .13 % U3O8 , .912 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.25402, 38.13193
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG SE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dry Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.394HA
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE MINING AS RIM STRIPPING & TRENCHING WITH DOG HOLES IN FACE OF OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES, ADITS WITH STOPES, ROOMS AND PILLARS WITH TWO LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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