| Deposit ID | 60000863 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | ISM0756 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Chinle Deposits |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.884, 36.93331 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | PT OF REFERENCE DERIVED FROM MRD COMPUTER DATA FILE. AREA ESTIMATED FROM 1:5 000 000 SCALE MAP. DEPOSITS IN THE CHINLE FORMATION ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Apache(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rooster Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rock Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)
Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Juan(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Utah |
| United States | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| (1) | -109.884, 36.93331 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | BROAD FLUVIAL AND FLUVIO-LACUSTRINE PLAIN |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Year of first production | 1948 |
| Year of last production | 1984 |
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: LUTHER SMITH, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; OCT 16, 1985: COMPUTER SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, COLORADO PLATEAU V-U DEPOSITS, ORGANIZED BY HOST ROCK.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: R. GENE CLARK, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NOV, 1984: INCLUDES COMPUTER SUMMARY, OF PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, COLORADO PLATEAU V-U DEPOSITS ORGANIZED BY AREA; PREPARED BY LUTHER SMITH, DEPT. OF ENERGY.
WOOD, H.B., 1968. GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES) VOLUME); NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V.1, P. 770-789.
MALAN, R.C., 1968. THE URANIUM MINING INDUSTRY AND GEOLOGY OF THE MONUMENT VALLEY AND WHITE CANYON DISTRICTS, ARIZONA AND UTAH, IN RIDGE,G J.D., ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1, P. 790-804.
HUBER, G.C., 1980. STRATIGRAPHY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS, LISBON VALLEY DISTRICT, SAN JUAN COUNTRY, UTAH: QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, V. 75, NO. 2, 45 P.
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