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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072980
MRDS ID W018729
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.6788, 38.68525 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 024S 011E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 SEC 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    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 Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Mbr. Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.6788, 38.68525

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Temple Mtn. Slump

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Slumping

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Temple Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIMPLE ADIT S70W TREND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS:USAEC TEL-690

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1192

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN EAST TEMPLE MTN. COLLAPSE STRUCTURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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