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Buckhorn Mine

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071870
MRDS ID W015557
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mine
Related records 10178777

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.67296, 39.09636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 2.1 MILES NORTH OF ASSEMBLY HALL 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 020S 011E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone, Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.67296, 39.09636
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 1.52M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael Knob

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harvey Kainsteaux

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2.44M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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