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Moonshine

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106080
MRDS ID W027913
MAS/MILS ID 490370303
Record type Site
Current site name Moonshine
Related records 10305354

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.59944, 38.48583 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Relative position 1.4 MILES E 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

Trough Springs Canyon(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 021E 3 NE of NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = 0.120 %, U2O5 = 2.520

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 Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.59944, 38.48583
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E Flank Cane Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, POD
    Strike N 34 DEG W
    Dip 13 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Comments on the ore body information

  • From deleted record 10305354 (MAS 0490370303): Area: .01 HA Length: 61 M Width: 46 M Depth to Top: 61 M Thickness: .3 M Type of Orebody #1 : REPLACEMENT Shape of Orebody #1 : TABULAR Type of Orebody #2 : FISSURE VEIN Primary mode of Origin : OTHER Secondary mode of Origin : OXIDATION Primary Ore Control : LITHOLOGY Secondary Ore Control : FRACTURING Degree of Wallrock Alter. : MODERATE Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : UNKNOWN Strike And Dip : N45W: Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. : .6T otal Surface Area (HA) : .01 Date of Last Modification : 780213

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material And Base Of Favorable Lenses.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Moab District, Lower Kane Creek
District name Kane Canyon Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State Park
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W.S. Dawson
    Home office TX
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • LAST PRODUCTION 1958

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PERHAPS 10 TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON CLIFFSIDE
  • From deleted record 10305354 (MAS 0490370303): Length: 152 M Development Schedule #: 1 Mining Record # : 1 Status of Mining Method : PROPOSED Mining Method : OPEN STOPE Swell Factor : .69 Hardness of Rock : SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER Rock Characteristics : ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES Rock Support Chars. : SUPPORTING Mine Support Chars. : TIMBER Avg. Length of Adits (m) : 461st Condition of Workings : OPEN Capacity Units : MT COMMOD/DAY Units of Production : $/MT COMMOD Year of Information : 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAMPLE H25 - 8 IN CHIP 55 FT IN FROM PORTAL, S DRIFT 10 FT, W. LEDGE

  • Production

    SMOUSE & DOELLING

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOGS, TWIGS, CARBON TRASH, DISSEMINATIONS IN SANDSTONE & CONGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-12-01 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management
Editor 2011-10-31 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Merged and deleted duplicate record 10305354.
Reporter 1984-02-27 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines 0490370303 = 10305354

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