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School Section 2

Past Producer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106031
MRDS ID W027251
Record type Site
Current site name School Section 2
Related records 10129898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.55543, 39.73775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Relative position 0.9 MILES NORTH - NORTHWEST OF MOLLIE HOGANS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agency Draw NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seep Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 021E 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.55543, 39.73775
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompsons - Yellow Cat District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nickerson Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE INFORMATION UNKNOWN DUE TO INACCESSIBILITY OF WORKINGS

Comments on the workings information

  • ENTRANCE BY INCLINE. FLOODED ABOUT 100 FEET FROM ENTRANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W. L., 1952 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 46 , 51 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNAVAILABLE DUE TO INACCESSABILITY OF WORKINGS

Reporter information

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

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