| Deposit ID | 10015176 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00358 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Snow Claims |
| Related records | 10179143 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.15849, 40.28829 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1618 |
| Relative position | 5,700 FT S82E OF FIRST GAP |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Uintah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 006S | 024E | 24 | SW OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Gangue |
| 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 or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Mesaverde |
| Rock description | Mesaverde |
| (1) | -109.15849, 40.28829 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta Basin Syncline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | On North Limb Of Broad, Southwest Plunging Syncline |
| General form | UNKNOWN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 90 DEG W |
| Dip | 39 DEG S |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Uinta Basin Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| 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 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.007HA |
| Overall length | 15.24M |
| Overall width | 4.57M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00358 |
CRAIG, L.C. AND OTHERS, 1980, URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL 1X2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO-UTAH: DOE PGJ(F)-026.
NOBLE, E.A. AND ANNES, E.C. JR., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE UINTA BASIN OF COLORADO AND UTAH: AEC RME-94.
DASCH, M.D., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH IN URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
UGMS, 1974, URANIUM-VANADIUM OCCURRENCES OF UTAH: UGMS OFR-18.
BERONI, B.P. AND MCKEOWN, F.A., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIFEROUS ROCKS IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING, AND NORTHEASTERN UTAH: AEC TEI-308.
MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONFINED TO 100 FT. STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1983 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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