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Lucky Strike Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098017
MRDS ID DB01904
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Prospects
Related records 10227577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08046, 38.31026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3.7 MILES SW OF CAINVILLE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caineville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 008E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08046, 38.31026
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waterpocket Fold, Cainville Reef
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Desert Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 31 DEG W
    Dip 10 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Zones Of Heavy Limonitization

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZED ZONES OCCUR IN THE BASAL CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONE UNIT OF THE SALT WASH. THE ZONES ARE IN SMALL NORTHWARD TRENDING CHANNEL FILL DEPOSITS. A GRAY WHITE CHERTY, LIMESTONE BED ABOUT 2 FEET THICK LIES IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE MINERALIZED ZONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Blue Flats Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHALLOW ADITS, THE LARGEST ONE IS 10 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1978, NORTH BLUE FLATS AREA, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY PROSPECTOR ASSISTANCE REPORT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE THREE MINERALIZED AREAS ALONG A CLIFF FACE - MAXIMUM EXPOSURES ARE 50 , 20 , AND 30 FT. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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