Unknown Prospect Cedar Claims

Occurrence in San Juan 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093782
MRDS ID W027837
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect Cedar Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.39125, 38.40971 (WGS84)
Elevation 1771
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF M 4 RANCH AND 1.1 MILE EAST NORTHEAST OF HIGHEST POINT IN SE 1/4 SECTION 32 TOWNSHIP 27 S, RANGE 23 EAST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(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

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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 023E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF SMALL HILL ADJACENT TO NORTH SIDE OF RTE 1005
  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Entrada Sandstone
    Rock description Entrada Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.39125, 38.40971

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rio Algom - Rio Amex

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; CRYSTALS USUALLY FOUND ON SURFACE IN AREA

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE PROBABILITY IS VERY SMALL OF FINDING CORUNDUM IN QUANTITY IN THIS REGION
  • NO RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT IN THE ALLUVIUM ON TOP OF THE ENTRADA SANDSTONE

Comments on development

  • CORUNDUM OCCURS IN GRAYISH MASSES AS MUCH AS SEVERAL INCHES IN DIAMETER AND IN SMALL, ROUGH CRYSTALS; FOUND USUALLY ON SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    LEE PERRY, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE I. PERRY 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE ONLY
Deposit CORUNDUM POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SMALL AMPHIBOLITE BODIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit NO DEPOSIT SEEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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