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Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Materials information
  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 10015097
MRDS ID DB00107
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.13707, 38.15388 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 1.1 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 Dolores(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 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Formation
    Rock description Dakota Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.13707, 38.15388

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 12 DEG SW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 Surface
    Area 2.628HA
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 91.44M

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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