Yellow Jacket

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015080
MRDS ID DB00087
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket
Related records 10130429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15346, 38.13499 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position .5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODS RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lisbon Valley(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 030S 025E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.15346, 38.13499

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 10 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lisbon Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIX, G. P. (JR.), 1954 , THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF BIG INDIAN WASH, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 4022 (REV.)

  • Deposit

    ISACHSEN, Y. W., 1954 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG INDIAN WASH AREA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 9 , UGA.

  • Deposit

    WOOD, H. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., GRATON-SALES, NEW YORK, AIME

  • Deposit

    MC MILLAN, W. D., 1958 , REPORT OF LISBON VALLEY URANIUM COMPANY'S CLAIMS IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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