School Section #2 Mines

Past Producer in Emery 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071403
MRDS ID W014774
Record type Site
Current site name School Section #2 Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.34517, 38.84525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 14 MILES SOUTH 44 DEG WEST OF GREEN RIVER, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Bench West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 014E 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION NE 1/4 SEC. 2 - 23 S - 14E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.34517, 38.84525

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold - And Fault Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL, LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains (Particularly Logs) Paleochannels

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS LARGELY CONFINED TO PALEOCHANNELS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PLANT REMAINS WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY REPLACED BY URANIUM AND/OR VANADIUM MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Green River Desert

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Acerson, Alfred O.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Acerson, Alfred Or Donald

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Inferred 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.088HA

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL PITS SCATTERED OVER SECTION 2, T 23S, R 14E

Comments on development

  • L60 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1957), L70 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1975 - 76)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSITS ARE USUALLY ELONGATE ALONG CHANNEL SANDSTONE DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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