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Cottonwood No. 1

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042248
MRDS ID M058671
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.66546, 39.32358 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 6,400 FT N 88 E OF CLEVELAND LLOYD DINOSAUR QUARRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cow Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(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 017S 011E 23 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    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) -110.66546, 39.32358
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North San Rafael Swell Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UGMS, 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHORT PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ADIT, SOME DOZER TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM ASSOCIATED WITH DINOSAUR BONE, SMALL BONES ARE RADIOACTIVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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