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Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078704
MRDS ID W027222
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.39459, 38.83609 (WGS84)
Elevation 1515
Relative position APPROX. 4.3 MILES EAST OF YELLOWCAT RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cisco SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westwater Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 023E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Saltwash Member, Morrison Formation
    Rock description Saltwash Mbr., Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.39459, 38.83609
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Economic information

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 Thompson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN DUE TO "SILTED IN" CONDITION OF THE MINE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO INVESTIGATE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAN'T BE EXAMINED AS MINE IS "SILTED IN" AND NO PREVIOUS WORK HAS BEEN FOUND. MINE DOES CONSIST OF ONE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION CAN'T BE GIVEN AS MINE IS "SILTED IN" DUE TO FLOODING FROM RAINSTORMS, ETC. INTO THE MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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