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Cancer Cure #1 Mine

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071841
MRDS ID W015497
Record type Site
Current site name Cancer Cure #1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7288, 38.88108 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2.8 MILE SW OF THE WICKIUP KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Wickiup(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 011E 19 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Monitor Butte Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Monitor Butte Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7288, 38.88108
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED PODS
    Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG SW
    Depth to top 18.29M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MONITOR BUTTE MBR AT THIS LOCATION IS A THICK LENS DEPOSIT APPROXIMATLY 60 FT. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF CAVED ADIT DUMP MATERIAL INDICATES 50 FEET TO 75 FEET OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L. 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT. USAEC RMO 673

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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