Oasis

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015281
MRDS ID DB00645
Record type Site
Current site name Oasis
Alternate or previous names Mas23 1026
Related records 10130389

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.21602, 37.81249 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF BENCH BETWEEN WOLVERINE AND LITTLE BOWN BENCHES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioneer Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(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 006E 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4; SE 1/4; NW 1/4 OF SECTION 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Petrified Forest Member/Chinle Formation
    Rock description Petrified Forest Mbr./Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.21602, 37.81249

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 12 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR BASE OF MBR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eldorado Uranium Exploration
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. R. Shipley

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • USBM - MAS 23

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BULLDOZER PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229

  • Deposit

    1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

  • Production

    USBM - MAS 23

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.