Cometoite 1&2

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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 10300386
MAS/MILS ID 0490150065
Record type Site
Current site name Cometoite 1&2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.34713, 38.85137 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Bench West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 022 S 014 E 35 NE SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.34713, 38.85137

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 03E
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 15M
    Width 6M
    Area 0.15HA
    Depth to top 6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N15E:03E
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .15
    Date of Last Modification 790522

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Green River Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Acerson, Alfred O.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1974
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Acerson, Donald
    Interest 50
    Year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.2HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .73
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 7.6
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 9
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 169
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1973
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 122M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .73
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NONCOHERENT
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 31
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 26MAR79 EVA:UGMS PERRY

  • Deposit

    IAPG PAPER ANNUAL FIELD CONF 1956

  • Deposit

    USAEC UNPUBLISHED REPORT - RME 98

  • Deposit

    UGMS BULLETIN 103 GEO.& UN V DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE SAN RAFAEL MINING AREA EMERY COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    UTAH LARRY M. TRIMBLE & HELLMUT H. DOELL

  • Deposit

    ING,1978 122 PAGES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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