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Horse Canyon

Prospect in Garfield 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251187
MAS/MILS ID 0490170018
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.23464, 37.87778 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamp Stand(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034 S 006 E 03 SE SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.23464, 37.87778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N13E
    Dip 05W
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 15M
    Width 9M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 55M
    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. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N13E:05W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .71
    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) 10
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN:OP ASSOCIATED ENERGY (1976)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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