Catfish #4

Prospect in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015105
MRDS ID DB00126
Record type Site
Current site name Catfish #4
Related records 10178835

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.03682, 38.5197 (WGS84)
Elevation 1225
Relative position ON WEST SIDE OF GREEN RIVER, APPX. 8 MILES WEST OF WOODRUFF BOTTOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowknot Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(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

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 Emery
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 017E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

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 Mbr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.03682, 38.5197

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Canyon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE; REQUIRES BOAT TO CROSS GREEN RIVER TO GET ACCESS TO ADIT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNAVAILABLE DUE TO INACCESSIBLE WORKINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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