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Sailor Group

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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015099
MRDS ID DB00111
Record type Site
Current site name Sailor Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.84738, 38.33499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position E OF GRAND VIEW POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Canyonlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 019E 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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 Chinle Formation, Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Moss Back Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.84738, 38.33499
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 1 DEG N
    Thickness 0.46M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Interriver District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • JONES, H., 1978

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION ADIT IN SANDSTONE CHANNEL WHICH HAS CARBON TRASH.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED AREA IN PALEOCHANNEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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