Minnie Pearl

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015274
MRDS ID DB00637
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Pearl
Alternate or previous names John Hill
Related records 10227505

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63406, 37.96443 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF TRACHYTE RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cass Creek Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(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 033S 012E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Carnotite Ore
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES TO 1.09 PERCENT U3O8 AND 3.98 PERCENT V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63406, 37.96443

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mtns. Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Joining Of Browns Hole Syncline And East Henry Mtns. Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 5 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.76M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Sedimentary Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./East/Trachyte

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dee Jackson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Plateau Resources

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.25 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Vanadium V2O5 2.5 wt-pct Vanadium Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY INTERCONNECTING WORKINGS AND PORTALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967

  • Deposit

    HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P. 228 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING 1967 URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP ST. 22 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING 1975 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC. RMO-912 , 7P.

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C

  • Deposit

    1967 MINEMAP UGMS - SP. ST. 22

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

  • Production

    USBM - MAS 150

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL COALESCING PODS AND LENSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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