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Showerbath Canyon Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015292
MRDS ID DB00661
Record type Site
Current site name Showerbath Canyon Uranium Prospect
Related records 10299784

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.8485, 39.13191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 1/2 MILLE EAST OF SHOWERBATH SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Floy Canyon North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Westwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 019E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.8485, 39.13191
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Simple Folding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • RIM STRIPPING - DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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