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Thornburg Memorial Mine

Producer in Grand 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107353
MRDS ID W027730
Record type Site
Current site name Thornburg Memorial Mine
Related records 10203079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.70793, 38.69387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 2.8 MILES NNE OF MONITOR BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merrimac Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 020E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.70793, 38.69387
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Moab Fault Just To The East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - PINCH-SWELL
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 228.6M
    Depth to top 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Structures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Mile District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thornburg Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cotter Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NUMEROUS DRILL HOLES OVER AREA DILLENATE LARGE ORE BODY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE ACCESS TO WORKINGS IS BY NUMEROUS ADITS AND INCLINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DROULLARD, R. F., AND E. E. JONES, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYON URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO., UTAH: U.S.A.E.C. RME-4066

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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