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Kolob

Past Producer in Washington 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011008
MRDS ID D005129
Record type Site
Current site name Kolob
Alternate or previous names Omega, Anomaly B 8-5
Related records 10252327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2208, 37.45109 (WGS84)
Elevation 1618
Relative position 12,500 FEET SOUTHEAST OF FORT HARMONY MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kolob Arch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 012W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: LOTS 1-8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Limestone;Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Kaibab Limestone;Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2208, 37.45109
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Kolob

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Epsolon Uranium Mining Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE, WINZE AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY FILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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