| Deposit ID | 10072997 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W018762 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dirty Devil 6 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.98796, 38.69025 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1634 |
| Relative position | NE SIDE OF TOMSICH BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tomsich Butte(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Emery |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 024S | 008E | 25 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member | ||||
| Rock description | Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.98796, 38.69025 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell |
| General form | TABULAR, BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 70 DEG W |
| Dip | 15 DEG SW |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 22.86M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Depth to top | 15.24M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | W. J. Hannert And John Tomsich |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| District name | San Rafael District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Donald Hanni |
| Year | 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1951 - 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | U | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.185 % U3o8, 0.05 % V2o5 - Ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 90000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 109.73M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W018762 |
HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1239
BAIN, G. W., 1952, URANIUM IN THE DIRTY DEVIL, SHINARUMP CHANNEL DEPOSIT: US AEC RMO-66
REYNER, M. L., 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALOG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH, US AEC RMO-673
1950 RECON US AEC RMO
1952 RECON US AEC RMO
1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, BULLETIN
HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Trimble, Larry M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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