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Virginia Valley

Past Producer in Emery 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. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251588
MAS/MILS ID 0490150122
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74384, 38.64308 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025 S 011 E 18 NW NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74384, 38.64308
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 08S
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 0.01HA
    Depth to top 18M
    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. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N75E:08S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .01
    Date of Last Modification 790522

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Law, Glen A. And Virginia
    Home office Utah
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .69
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 18
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 1.8
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 27MAR79 EVA:UGMS PERRY

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, CC & OTHERS 1965, GEOLOGY & URAN

  • Deposit

    IUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    EMERY CO, UT: USGS BULL 1192.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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