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Nonesuch

Past Producer in San Juan 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015033
MRDS ID DB00031
Record type Site
Current site name Nonesuch
Alternate or previous names Big Lead, Sun Up

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.29097, 38.07277 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 2.95 MILES EAST FROM CHURCH ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Church Rock(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 031S 024E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 - SEC 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result 2 FT. CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS SW FACE, 400 FT. FROM PORTAL IN ORE ZONE UNDER RIGHT STOPE. 1.17 % U3O8, 2.87 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    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) -109.29097, 38.07277
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 54.86M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Scours.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dry Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Birch Mining And Drilling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SETS OF UNDER GROUND WORKINGS. DRY MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY M. 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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