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A. Y. Clark Mine

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073189
MRDS ID W019058
Record type Site
Current site name A. Y. Clark Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.15519, 38.80997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST OF THE MUDDY RIVER BRIDGE ON I-70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mesa Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 007E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.15519, 38.80997
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 7 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Flank Of The San Rafael Swell Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FOR TEST PURPOSES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.066HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 22.86M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS ARE MOSTLY DOZER CUTS FOR PROSPECTING THE CUTCROPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977, DINOSAUR CLAIMS, WEST FLANK OF SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FIELD REPORT

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M. 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L.M. 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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