| Deposit ID | 10071869 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015556 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Clifford Smith Prospect |
| Related records | 10275973 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.72407, 39.03858 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1743 |
| Relative position | 3.7 MILES SW OF WINDOW BLIND PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 020S | 011E | 31 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Mottled Siltstone Of Chinle Formation | ||
| Rock description | Mottled Siltstone Of Chinle Formation | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| (1) | -110.72407, 39.03858 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fractures |
| General form | TABULAR, SCATTERED BLEBS OF URANIFEROUS ASPHALT |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 70 DEG E |
| Dip | 3 DEG NW |
| Depth to top | 15.24M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| District name | San Rafael Swell District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 3.05M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015556 |
HAWLEY, C.C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT. USGS BULL. 1239
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.
1950 RECON USAEC RM
TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1940'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Trimble, Larry M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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