Deep Canyon

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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015363
MRDS ID DB00863
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68851, 37.73527 (WGS84)
Elevation 1490
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF LOST SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lost Spring(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 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Limonite Gangue

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) -110.68851, 37.73527

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, BUTTONS, PODS
    Strike NORTH
    Dip WEST
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash

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 Harold Ekker

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
    Indicated 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND RIM-STRIPPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENTLE DIPS, IN SCOURS NEAR BASE OF SALT WASH MBR.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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