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San Juan Shaft

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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10015054
MRDS ID DB00055
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan Shaft
Alternate or previous names Cal Uranium
Related records 10252221

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.27347, 38.22943 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 1.2 MILES SW FROM USLM 1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandstone Draw(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 024E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: W 1/2 E 1/2 SEC. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Wall Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.27347, 38.22943
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lisbon Valley Fault, W Flank

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-FLAT, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 8 DEG W
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Indian Wash Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ranchers Development

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDER GROUND WORKINGS CONNECTED WITH SMALL FRY MINE

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY 1973

  • 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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