Dexter 5 Mine

Past Producer 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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071868
MRDS ID W015554
Record type Site
Current site name Dexter 5 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71741, 39.0283 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW OF WINDOW BLIND PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bottleneck Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(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 011E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 5; T 21S, R 11E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone, Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71741, 39.0283

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 76.2M
    Depth to top 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Channels, Carbonaceous Trash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Adams
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold, Nolan Olsen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 34.14M
    Overall depth 24.38M

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 COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISION RAW MATERIALS EXPLORATION REPORT 673.

  • Deposit

    1950 RECON USAEC R.M.D

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FULL WIDTH UNKNOWN AT LEAST 42 FT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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