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Desert Queen

Occurrence in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Rock Asphalt, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015185
MRDS ID DB00384
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Queen
Related records 10203349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.65322, 40.01829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1506
Relative position LOCATED 5 MILES S SW OF OURAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ouray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 020E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 OF SECTION 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Rock Asphalt Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gilsonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Mica Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Uinta Formation
    Rock description Uinta Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.65322, 40.01829
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 804.65M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer George Hackford, Thomas V. Reynolds Jr., Kelly B. Hall

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.943HA
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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