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Occurrence in Emery 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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071440
MRDS ID W014830
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.4624, 38.88553 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 5.3 MILES SOUTH 61 DEG WEST 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

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 013E 23 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation;Temple Mountain Member Of Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation;Temple Mountain Member Of Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.4624, 38.88553

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description East San Rafael Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains, Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.01M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS SEEM TO BE EXPLORATORY DRIFTING ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C. ET AL., 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS BULL. 1192

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY OF ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS BULL. 1239, 115 P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1929, GEOLOGY AND OIL AND GAS PROSPECTS OF PART OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH: USGS BULL. 806, P. 69 - 130

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE HAWLEY AND OTHERS, BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, ROBECK, DYER, BULLETIN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAK MINERALIZATION AROUND SPARSE CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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