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Colorado 2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106079
MRDS ID W027907
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado 2
Alternate or previous names Campbell Mine
Related records 10228339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.65487, 38.4236 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 4.35 MILES SSW FROM HURRAH PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shafer Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(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

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 027S 020E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = 0.780 %, V2O5 = 0.042

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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.65487, 38.4236
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, POD
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG E
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 10.67M
    Depth to top 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Base Of Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moab District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nicklos J. Murphy

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAMPLE H27 , - 6 IN CHIP, 4.0 MR READING, 15 FT. IN FROM NE PORTAL, SW RIB

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES H. 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH & LENGTH OF LARGEST POD

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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