Colute Claims

Occurrence in Uintah 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088783
MRDS ID M058699
Record type Site
Current site name Colute Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.06348, 40.27718 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 8,600 FT S 32 W OF THE K-RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snake John Reef(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 025E 26 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mesa Verde
    Rock description Mesa Verde
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.06348, 40.27718

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 32 W
    Dip 65 SW
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beach And Tidal Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snake John Reef Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD BULLDOZER TRENCH, CAVED IN SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT ED: R-527, OPEN FILE.

  • Deposit

    CRAIG, L.C., HAIL, W.J. JR., AND LUFT, S.J., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH, DOE PGJ/F-026(82)

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, U.S. BUR. OF MINES CONTRACT HO 232069, URANIUM VANADIUM REPORT 18, UINTA DISTINCT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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