| Deposit ID | 10020428 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC13211 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Autunite #8 |
| Alternate or previous names | Nuclear #1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.08054, 39.70327 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1719 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE WEST OF BM 5450 IN SEC. 10 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Topaz Mountain East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 013S | 011W | 09,10 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Result | 1950, 4 CHANNEL SAMPLES: 0.026%, 0.013%, 0.022%, 0.009% |
|---|---|
| Result | 1950 SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE: 0.200% U3O8 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Ueoc Lolig Crystal Tuff Member Of Joy Tuff |
| Rock description | Ueoc Lolig Crystal Tuff Mbr. Of Joy Tuff |
| (1) | -113.08054, 39.70327 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ore Occurs In A Down Droped Block That Has Been Faulted N-S Aprox 1/4 Mile W. Of Deposit |
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N5W |
| Dip | 90 |
| Thickness | 9.14M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 4.57M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Discoverer | C.F. & Guy Wilson (Provo, Utah) |
| District name | Topaz Mtn |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 4.57M |
| Overall depth | 4.57M |
| Overall length | 22.86M |
| Overall width | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC13211 |
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.
LINDSEY, D.A., 1979, GEOL. MAP OF TERT. VOL. IN THE THOMAS RANGE & N. DRUM MTNS., JUAB CO., UT: USGS MAP I-1176.
LEEDOM, S.H., & MITCHELL, T.P., PRELIM. RPT OF FAVORABILITY FOR U. MIN. IN JUAB CO., UTAH: US DOE GJBX-23 (78).
1951 RECON STAATZ, USGS TEM-220
1978 RECON LEEDOM
1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY: USGS MAP I-1176
1979 RECON LINDSEY: USGS OPEN FILE RPT 79-1076
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SUR.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | URANIUM OCCURS IN THE STRUCTURE OF OPALINE SILICA IN FRACTURE FILLINGS IN TUFF. THE EXPOSED LENGTH OF ONE ZONE OF OPAL IS 70 FT LONG X 6 FT WIDE |
| Deposit | THE URANIFEROUS OPAL FLUORESES BRIGHT YELLOW-GREEN UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, WHICH CAN BE USED TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM NON-URANIFEROUS OPAL IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1980 | Everts, Mike L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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