Shay Road Deposit

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106051
MRDS ID W027492
Record type Site
Current site name Shay Road Deposit
Related records 10130025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.52402, 37.89999 (WGS84)
Elevation 2387
Relative position 2.3 MILES SE FROM SHAY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shay Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 022E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.52402, 37.89999

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Length 3.05M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer A. J. Redd

Mining district

District name Monticello District - Abajo Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS MINED OUT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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