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Rainy Day Mine

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Cobalt, Molybdenum
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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. 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 10015284
MRDS ID DB00650
Record type Site
Current site name Rainy Day Mine
Alternate or previous names Mas25 1030
Related records 10275441

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.0213, 37.80777 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2 MILES E OF S END OF WAGON BOX MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wagon Box Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(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

Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 008E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECTION 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.0213, 37.80777
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank Of Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N 85 DEG W
    Dip 10 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • POD LOCALIZED IN THE TOP OF A SMALL RIDGE OR BANK AT EDGE OF SHINARUMP CHANNEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Acme Uranium Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tanner And Johnson

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    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 0.15 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BELOW WATER TABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M
    Overall length 563.88M
    Overall width 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE FLOODED 1500 FT. INTO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON STEEP SOUTH BANK OF SEDIMENTARY CHANNEL 3500 FEET WIDE AND 25 FT. DEEP.

Reporter information

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

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