| Deposit ID | 10071866 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015552 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dalton Group |
| Related records | 10226940 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.70352, 39.03636 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 26 MILES WEST OF WINDOW BLIND BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bottleneck Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Price(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 020S | 011E | 32 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | 0.3 - 0.8% U3O8 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation |
| Rock description | Mossback Mbr. Of Chinle Formation |
| (1) | -110.70352, 39.03636 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fractures |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Length | 42.67M |
| Depth to top | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | Dalton Bro., Cleveland, Utah |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| District name | San Rafael Swell District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harold Olsen |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 22.25M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015552 |
HAWLEY, C.C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT. USGS BULL. 1239
1950 RECON USAEC RMO 67
UGMS FILES FROM TAX RECORDS
H.H. DOELLING, 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FULL WIDTH UNKNOWN, ADIT 42 FT. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1940'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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