Taylor Reid #1 & 2

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106020
MRDS ID W027046
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Reid #1 & 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.34821, 37.0464 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 2.2 MILES WEST - NORTH WEST OF BM 4838, 2.3 MILES EAST OF PICKRELL MESA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oljato(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Navajo Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 014E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLE .079% U3O8, .81% V2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.34821, 37.0464

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 6 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 36.58M
    Depth to bottom 42.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.22 % U3o8, .62 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 1wt-pct
    Minor U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.28 % U3o8, .57 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 1wt-pct
    Minor U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1962
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.20 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1963
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.23 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1964
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.14 % U3o8, .45 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Minor U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS IN WESTERN MINE (1200 FT OF WORKINGS) 250 FT ADIT CUT IN MOENKOPI WITH 50 FT WINZE (FLOODED) EASTERN MINE IS 1100 FT LONG PROBABLY FOR DEVELOPMENT ONLY (FLOODED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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