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Douglas Mine

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  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 10105767
MRDS ID W015555
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Mine
Related records 10202931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73518, 39.03941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 4.3 MILES SW OF WINDOW BLIND PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bottleneck Peak(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 011E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC. 31, T 20S, R 11E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone, Sandstone

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 Mbr. Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73518, 39.03941
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 3.05M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Plant Remains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold Olsen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C.C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT. USGS BULL. 1239

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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