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Sandy No. 3 Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106037
MRDS ID W027371
Record type Site
Current site name Sandy No. 3 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.95514, 37.66361 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 1.3 MILES SSW FROM THE TOE OF THE WOODENSHOE BUTTES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodenshoe Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 018E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Siltstone

Analytical data

Result 1.5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE. .187 % U3O8, .013 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Basal Sandstone
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Basal Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.95514, 37.66361
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 4 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 85.34M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleostream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Power And Light Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85.34M
    Overall depth 13.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, HAROLD 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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