| Deposit ID | 10073003 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W018775 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Bird Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Hunts |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.9563, 38.5608 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1536 |
| Relative position | 1800 FT SW OF THE DELTA MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Emery(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hunt Draw(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 | 026S | 009E | 08 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member | ||||
| Rock description | Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.9563, 38.5608 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Rafael Swell |
| General form | TABULAR - BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 68 DEG E |
| Dip | 9 DEG SE |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Length | 24.38M |
| 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 | 1952 |
| Discoverer | Kay Hunt Of Hanksville, Utah |
| District name | San Rafael District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 90000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W018775 |
HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 123
1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Trimble, Larry M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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