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F.W. #3

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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078563
MRDS ID W026948
Record type Site
Current site name F.W. #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.14013, 38.67387 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 2.4 MILES SE 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

Fisher Valley(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 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Coffinite 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) -109.14013, 38.67387
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gateway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE INFORMATION UNKNOWN DUE TO INACCESSIBILITY

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS TO WORKINGS IS BY VERTICAL SHAFT, WORKINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE.

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

  • Production

    UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B.M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO INACCESSIBILITY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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