White Star Mine

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098494
MRDS ID M058669
Record type Site
Current site name White Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94131, 39.08191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5,550 FT N 29 W OF RED POINT RESERVOIR, Within 2,000 Ft. Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horn Silver Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 009E 17 SW OF SW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    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) -110.94131, 39.08191

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Concentrated At Contact Of Siltstone And Conglomerate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell Area

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY 10 LBS RATHER THAN 10,000 LBS.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE ADIT, DIMENSIONS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION AT CONTACT BETWEEN CONGLOMERATE AND SILTSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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