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Ears Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106072
MRDS ID W027782
Record type Site
Current site name Ears Mine
Related records 10130206

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.13321, 37.5875 (WGS84)
Elevation 1835
Relative position 1.7 MILES SW FROM THE NEEDLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fry Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(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 037S 016E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE - H-13 - 5' CHIP CHANNEL ACROSS COURSE SANDSTONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .102 % , V2O5 = .018

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.13321, 37.5875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR, LENS
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, Fry Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on development

  • EARS MINE IS INACTIVE - PLANS ARE TO EXTEND ADIT TO WORKINGS OF HILLSIDE AND GIZMO MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAMPLE H-13 , 5 FT CHIP, 400 FT IN FROM PORTAL N RIB OF STOPE

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FLAT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1132

  • Production

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. U.S. Geological Survey

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