North Mesa #9 & 10

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072977
MRDS ID W018720
Record type Site
Current site name North Mesa #9 & 10

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.67824, 38.6758 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.9 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE MNT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 011E 35,34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4 SEC 34, T24S, R11E, NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4, SEC 35, T24S R11E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Pascoite Ore
Erythrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone And Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.67824, 38.6758

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Temple Mountain Collaps

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE, TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 10 DEG SE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Channels, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Usaec

Mining district

District name Temple Mountain Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.38 % U3o8, 1.37 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
    Major V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Inferred 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.15 wt-pct Uranium Major 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • MUCH ASPHALT DRIPPING FROM RIBS AND BACKS.

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

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1959 COMPILE U.S.A.E.C. - GUIDE BOOK

  • 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 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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