Skyline Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078569
MRDS ID W026957
Record type Site
Current site name Skyline Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.24404, 37.02084 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW OF THE GOULDING HOSPITAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goulding(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Navajo Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 015E 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Mbr. Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.24404, 37.02084

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.013HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIN, G.W., 1952 , URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: USAEC RMO-982 (REV.)

  • Deposit

    1950 RECON USAEC RMO 98

  • Production

    UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references