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Velvet Shaft

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015085
MRDS ID DB00092
Record type Site
Current site name Velvet Shaft
Related records 10228116

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.1718, 38.12527 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 1.7 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 031S 025E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.1718, 38.12527
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 9 DEG SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lisbon Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl H. Dixon

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 400 FT.+, EXTENT OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED AT 2000 FT.+ ( UGMS STUDY - 1973 ); MINE IS CLOSED

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

Reporter information

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

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

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