Newell 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 10071427
MRDS ID W014805
Record type Site
Current site name Newell Shaft Mine
Alternate or previous names Shattuck Denn, Little Lil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.36462, 38.98053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1359
Relative position 4.0 MILES NORTH 9 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 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 15, T 21S, R 14E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

Analytical data

Result .826 % U3O8 , 1.20 % V2O5 , .13 % EU3O8 , .222 EU3O8

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) -110.36462, 38.98053

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 10 DEG E
    Dip 8 DEG SE
    Plunge 5 DEG
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 91.44M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains, Paleochannels

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERILIZATION IS LARGELY CONFINED TO PALEO CHANNELS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PLANT REMAINS, WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY REPLACED BY URANIUM AND/OR VANDIUM MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Green River Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Atlas Minerals Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.18 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material V
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.04 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.13 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1969
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.16 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LENGTH OF WORKINGS OF THE NEWELL ARE INCLUDED IN THE WORKINGS OF THE #7 INCLINE GROUP (19,605 FT). SINCE ALL WORKINGS OF THE #7 INCLINE, #1 SHAFT #2 SHAFT, WELSH SHAFT, AND NEWELL SHAFT OR CONNECTED.

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 ELONGATE IN THE DIRECTION OF PALEOCHANNELS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

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