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Ike - Nixon Shaft

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097941
MRDS ID DB00056
Record type Site
Current site name Ike - Nixon Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.27125, 38.21666 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

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 029S 024E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Wall Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.27125, 38.21666
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Flank Lisbon Valley Fault.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 17 DEG W
    Dip 8 DEG W
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Indian Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERY BY DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY 1973

Reporter information

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

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