Fantastic Mine

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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071406
MRDS ID W014779
Record type Site
Current site name Fantastic Mine
Alternate or previous names Cat Bird #8, Birthday #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.39656, 38.88275 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 3.0 MILES SOUTH 21 DEG WEST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spotted Wolf Canyon(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

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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 014E 20 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Limonite Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.39656, 38.88275

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 LENTICULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG NE
    Plunge 3 DEG
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains, Particularly Logs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mining district

District name Green River Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bert E. Wilson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.088HA
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on development

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1960'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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