United Prospectors Shaft 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. 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. Production statistics
  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 10071418
MRDS ID W014793
Record type Site
Current site name United Prospectors Shaft Mine
Alternate or previous names Jack Rabbit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.36629, 38.96941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position 3.2 MILES NORTH 8 DEG EAST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessies Twist(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 021S 014E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 22, T 21S, R14E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Montroseite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore

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) -110.36629, 38.96941

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 Saleratus Graben

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL OR LENTICULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 8 DEG SE
    Plunge 5 DEG
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 76.2M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains, 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
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer United Prospectors Limited
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Green River Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Atlas Minerals Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.254 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.357 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1959
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.227 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE IS INACCESSIBLE AND RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESERVES MAY BE GREATER THAN EXPECTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 472.44M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS REACHED BY A 305 FT. SHAFT. THE MINE IS PRESENTLY FLOODED (PREVIOUS OPERATIONS REQUIRED PUMPING).

Comments on development

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE ELONGATE IN DIRECTION OF PALEOCHANNELS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

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