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Sinbad Swell

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071851
MRDS ID W015521
Record type Site
Current site name Sinbad Swell
Related records 10227476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7713, 38.84941 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 5.2 MILES NE OF SAN RAFAEL KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael Knob(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 023S 010E 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION IS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF ORE BODY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle-Formation-Mossback Member
    Rock description Chinle-Formation-Mossback Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7713, 38.84941
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG W
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 74.68M
    Depth to bottom 97.54M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonized Logs, Coaly Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Taylor

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 11000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.25 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA HAS NOT BEEN MINED AND WOULD BE MINED BY EITHER VERTICAL OR INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • AREA DISCOVERED BY DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    VITRO MINING CORP., 1973

Reporter information

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

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

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