Vagabond Mine

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Vanadium, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105918
MRDS ID W018724
Record type Site
Current site name Vagabond Mine
Alternate or previous names Denny Prospect
Related records 10178382

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.67907, 38.68358 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 0.5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 011E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Metahewettite Ore
Malachite Gangue

Analytical data

Result .08% U3O8 .86% V2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.67907, 38.68358

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Temple Mountain Collapse

Ore body information

  • General form ROLLS, TABULAR, VEINLETS
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 1.83M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Temple Mountain Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1192

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

  • Production

    HAWLEYER AND OTHERS, 1965, USGS BULL. 1192

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

Beyond USGS

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