Saddle

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129904
MAS/MILS ID 0490370070
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.12291, 37.6394 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cheesebox(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 036 S 016 E 23 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.12291, 37.6394

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 01W
    Thickness 1.3M
    Length 61M
    Width 30M
    Area 0.08HA
    Depth to top 9.2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N05W:01W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .08
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fry Canyon

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner White Canyon Mining Co.
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .69
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 6
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 9
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 85

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-APR-1987 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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