Blue Goose #1 Mine

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105728
MRDS ID W014784
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Goose #1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Riverside
Related records 10129875

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.39629, 38.93386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1298
Relative position 1.3 MILES NORTH 55 DEG WEST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spotted Wolf Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 014E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 4, T 215, R 14E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.39629, 38.93386

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold - And Fault Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL OR LENTICULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 7 DEG NE
    Plunge 4 DEG
    Plunge direction N 20 DEG E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 7.62M
    Width 3.66M
    Depth to top 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains Particularly Logs Paleochannels

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS LARGELY CONFINED TO PALEOCHANNELS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PLANT REMAINS WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY REPLACED BY URANIUM AND/OR VANADIUM MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Apolo Corp. - Universal Energy Corp.

Mining district

District name Green River Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 2.44M

Comments on development

  • L60 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1957), L70 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1975 - 76)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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