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Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078206
MRDS ID W026397
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.39462, 39.00858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF SMITH CABIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mexican Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 020S 014E 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Entrada Sandstone
    Rock description Entrada Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.39462, 39.00858
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NNE
    Dip 4 - 7 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael River Mining Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0HA
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, L. M., AND DOELLING H. H. 1977 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY BULL. UNPUBL

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

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