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Blue Cap

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015127
MRDS ID DB00177
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Cap
Related records 10203138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.06068, 38.33666 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 0.67 MILES NORTH FROM HIGHWAY 46 CROSSING UTAH - COLORADO STATE LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ray Mesa(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 028S 026E 28 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.06068, 38.33666
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description La Sal Creek Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR
    Strike E - W
    Dip 7 DEG S
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 24.38M
    Depth to top 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paradox District, La Sal Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Cormick, William R.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Washburn

Comments on the workings information

  • HAULAGE ADIT ENTERED TO 23783 FT. NUMEROUS ORE SHOOTS, HOLES AND INCLINES TO ORE BODIES BOTH SIDES AND ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK HAT & BLUE CAP VERY CLOSE - IN SAME CHANNEL. PRODUCTION FIGURES MAY BE INTER MIXED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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