Xyz Group

Prospect 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015682
MRDS ID DB01790
Record type Site
Current site name Xyz Group
Related records 10130271, 10227015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.46266, 37.90999 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Relative position NORTH WASH, 3 MILES SE OF MARINUS CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hite North(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

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area 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 033S 013E 22,27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 27 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite 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 Monitor Butte Member/Chinle Formation
    Rock description Monitor Butte Mbr/Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.46266, 37.90999

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Fluvial Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns/Orange Cliffs

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R. E., AND OTHERS, 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1125 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22 P. 99

  • Deposit

    GEOLMAP USGS BULL 1125

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.