Dirty Devil 6

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072997
MRDS ID W018762
Record type Site
Current site name Dirty Devil 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98796, 38.69025 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position NE SIDE OF TOMSICH BUTTE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 008E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Galena Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching Of Sandstone, Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98796, 38.69025

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • 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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Channels, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Donald Hanni

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1951 - 1956
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.185 % U3o8, 0.05 % V2o5 - Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 90000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 109.73M
    Overall depth 121.92M

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

  • Deposit

    BAIN, G. W., 1952, URANIUM IN THE DIRTY DEVIL, SHINARUMP CHANNEL DEPOSIT: US AEC RMO-66

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    1950 RECON US AEC RMO

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON US AEC RMO

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, BULLETIN

  • Production

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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