Chief Ouray No. 1 Prospect

Occurrence in Uintah 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042251
MRDS ID M058687
Record type Site
Current site name Chief Ouray No. 1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81628, 39.87468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 13,000 FT N 17 W OF ALGER PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nutters Hole(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seep Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green-Desolation Canyon(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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 019E 08 NW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION WITH COPPER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Uinta
    Rock description Uinta
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81628, 39.87468

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER, LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uinta Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURE OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONEOUS MATERIAL, FOSSIL LOGS, AND FOSSIL TURTLE SHELLS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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