Eagle

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 10015264
MRDS ID DB00610
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle
Alternate or previous names Lone Eagle
Related records 10300501

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70323, 37.76138 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 5 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 011E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 16 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70323, 37.76138

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 PODS
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

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/Shootaring

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shootering Creek Uranium
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold Ekker

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 90000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.25 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.25 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE CONTAINS SOME VANDAIUM

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INTERCONNECTING WORKINGS AND MANY SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE POD 25 SQ FT. AND 3 - 8 INCHES THICK CONTAINS VERY RICH ORE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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