Snow Claims

Occurrence in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015176
MRDS ID DB00358
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Claims
Related records 10179143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15849, 40.28829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1618
Relative position 5,700 FT S82E OF FIRST GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cliff Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 024E 24 SW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE IN SANDSTONE WITH AUTUNITE ON SNOW NO. 10 CLAIM: .016% URANIUM EQUIVALENT, .025% URANIUM, .03% V2O5
Result SANDSTONE AND CLAY GRAB SAMPLE, SNOW NO. 3 CLAIM-.025% URANIUM EQUIVALENT, .034% URANIUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mesaverde
    Rock description Mesaverde

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.15849, 40.28829

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description On North Limb Of Broad, Southwest Plunging Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN
    Strike N 90 DEG W
    Dip 39 DEG S
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uinta Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. L. Goldston
    Home office Houston, Tx.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Snow Brothers
    Home office Vernal And Jensen, Utah
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAIG, L.C. AND OTHERS, 1980, URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL 1X2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO-UTAH: DOE PGJ(F)-026.

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, E.A. AND ANNES, E.C. JR., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE UINTA BASIN OF COLORADO AND UTAH: AEC RME-94.

  • Deposit

    DASCH, M.D., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH IN URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

  • Deposit

    LOVE, J.D., 1964, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATIC LAKE BEDS OF EOCENE AGE IN INTERMONTANE BASINS OF WYOMING AND UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 474-E.

  • Deposit

    UGMS, 1974, URANIUM-VANADIUM OCCURRENCES OF UTAH: UGMS OFR-18.

  • Deposit

    BERONI, B.P. AND MCKEOWN, F.A., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIFEROUS ROCKS IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING, AND NORTHEASTERN UTAH: AEC TEI-308.

  • Deposit

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONFINED TO 100 FT. STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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