Horse Thief 6 & 7

Occurrence in Grand 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015115
MRDS ID DB00148
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Thief 6 & 7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.98432, 38.52915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 0.4 MILES EAST OF MINERAL BOTTOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(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

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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 018E 19 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) -109.98432, 38.52915

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 10.06M
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Universal Uranium Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS TO WORKINGS BY SIMPLE ADIT BEARING S10E

Reference information

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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