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Brown Dog Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072993
MRDS ID W018753
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Dog Claims
Alternate or previous names Chute Canyon Claims
Related records 10203195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75213, 38.62776 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 6.2 MILES SW OF TEMPLE MOUNTAIN IN CHUTE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Valley(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 025S 010E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC. 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVE COALY MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75213, 38.62776
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell, Se Flank

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 7 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 15.24M
    Depth to top 21.34M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Coaly Trash

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONES; MEDIUM - BEDDED, LENTICULAR CLIFF FORMING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Donald D. Hanni

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 14.33M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS; ONE 26 FEET, THE OTHER 21 FEET IN LENGTH

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP BARED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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