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Loya Ray

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10015042
MRDS ID DB00042
Record type Site
Current site name Loya Ray
Related records 10130295

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.33486, 38.02999 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Relative position 3.1 MILES SOUTH 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 032S 024E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SEC 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

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) -109.33486, 38.02999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 3.66M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

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 Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Birch Mining Moonlight 19 77)
    First year 1965
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vanadium Corp. Of America
    Home office Durango, Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.037HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED BY UNDERGROUND AND OPEN TRENCH UNDER GROUND WORKINGS FILLED WITH MUD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H., 1978

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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