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Red Ant

Unknown 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. 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 10202887
MAS/MILS ID 0490370228
Record type Site
Current site name Red Ant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.43289, 37.33471 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Recapture Pocket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 040 S 023 E 06 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.43289, 37.33471
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.1M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 0.01HA
    Depth to top 61M
    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
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .6
    Total Surface Area (HA) .01
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Butler Wash Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Energy
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .73
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1.5
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 70
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method GOPHERING (COYOTING) 10-29
    Swell Factor .73
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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