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Jumbo

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078556
MRDS ID W026939
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo
Related records 10252076

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.1068, 38.6897 (WGS84)
Elevation 2076
Relative position 3.5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF COWHEAD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolores Point North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 025E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Montroseite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.1068, 38.6897
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Gateway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 53.34M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PAIRS OF PORTALS INTERCONNECTING UNDERGROUND. ONE PAIR HAS 70 FT. OF WORKINGS, THE OTHER PAIR HAS 40 FT OF WORKINGS. FLANKING THESE ARE TWO COYOTE HOLES FOR A TOTAL OF 6 PORTALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EICHER, L.J. AND MILLER, G.A., 1956 , GATEWAY DISTRICT, MESA CO. COLORADO AND GRAND CO. UTAH, IN GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS, US AEC TEI 620

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B.M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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