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Hole In Rock Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106023
MRDS ID W027081
Record type Site
Current site name Hole In Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.48402, 37.3164 (WGS84)
Elevation 1454
Relative position APPROXIMATLY .65 MILE SOUTHEAST OF VABM 5226, 2.8 MILES WEST - NORTH - WEST OF MC CRACKEN POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Recapture Pocket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 040S 022E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, OF SW 1/4, OF SE 1/4, OF SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Westwater Canyon Member Of Morrison
    Rock description Westwater Canyon Member Of Morrison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.48402, 37.3164
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blanding Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENS
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Carbonaceous

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bluff Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shumway And Johnson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.088HA
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 45.72M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 ADITS AND SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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