Atco Mine

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072973
MRDS ID W018714
Record type Site
Current site name Atco Mine
Related records 10203085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.56295, 38.7408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 7.4 MILES NE OF TEMPLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Woman Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 012E 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Mass Back Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Mass Back Mbr. Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.56295, 38.7408

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 10 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 10.67M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Logs Partly Carbonized And Partly Silicified

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Temple Mountain Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 40.54M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP HAS BEEN BORED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS TO THE EAST OF THE MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL. 1192

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL 1239

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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