Red Head #4

Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020382
MRDS ID DC13141
Record type Site
Current site name Red Head #4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.36987, 38.70165 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fisher Towers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 023E 22 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.36987, 38.70165

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MORRISON FM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moab

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.5 % U Oxide
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Uranium Uranium 1wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT'S FILE, USGS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 08-31-1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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