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Prospect in San Juan 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087996
MRDS ID DB00113
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.77682, 38.41942 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position SOUTH OF MUSSELMAN ARCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Musselman Arch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Canyonlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 019E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.77682, 38.41942
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 1 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Thickness 0.15M
    Depth to top 3.66M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Interriver District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT EXPLORING FOR SCOURS IN PALEO CHANNELS OF MOSSBACK CUT INTO MOENKOPI

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCOUR FILLED CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONE, GRITSTONE WITH ABUNDANT CARBONIZED ORGANIC MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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