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Wild Horse

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015131
MRDS ID DB00184
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Horse

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.08624, 38.33721 (WGS84)
Elevation 2018
Relative position 1.58 MILES WNW 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)

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 29 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.08624, 38.33721
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description La Sal Creek Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike NNE
    Dip 4 DEG E
    Thickness 0.25M
    Depth to top 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paradox District, La Sal Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. B. Borden
    First year 1963

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION ADIT IN BASE OF PALEOCHANNEL WITH MINERALIZED LOGS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO LOGS.

Reporter information

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

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