| Deposit ID | 10106013 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026938 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Axis |
| Alternate or previous names | P.F.G.E. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.11069, 38.66442 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2146 |
| Relative position | 4.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COWHEAD HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grand(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dolores Point North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Grand |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 025S | 025E | 01 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Montroseite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -109.11069, 38.66442 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR, BLANKET, PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 55 DEG W |
| Dip | 2 DEG NE |
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 22.86M |
| Depth to top | 9.14M |
| Depth to bottom | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gateway District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Carbide |
| Home office | Grand Junction, CO |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Polar Mesa Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026938 |
EICHER, L.J., AND MILLER G.A., 1956 , GATEWAY DISTRICT, MESA CO. COLORADO AND GRAND CO. UTAH, FROM GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS, US AEC TEI 620
MC CARTHY, B.M., 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS GENERALLY SCATTERED THROUGH SMALL CARBONIZED TRASH |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1977 | Mc Carthy, Blair M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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