Dons

Past Producer in Garfield 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015263
MRDS ID DB00607
Record type Site
Current site name Dons
Alternate or previous names Little Rocky Mtn. - Doms
Related records 10130447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.65795, 37.76055 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF MT. ELLSWORTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Creek Benches(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 011E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Roscoelite Ore

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) -110.65795, 37.76055

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mtns. Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description South Flank Little Rockies Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form PODLIKE
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 3.05M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Sedimentary Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./South/Little Rockies

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Riter Ekker, Elora Ekker

Comments on the production information

  • INCOMPLETE RECORD LISTS 114 LBS. U3O8 PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1973 .

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Vanadium V2O5 0.4 wt-pct Vanadium Trace 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall length 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ( IN 1973 ) ADIT-PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, C. B. AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P. 228 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS, 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC. RMO-912 , 7 P.

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

  • Production

    USBM - MAS 141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PODS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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