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Whirlwind Mine

Past Producer in San Juan 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. 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. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078622
MRDS ID W027048
MAS/MILS ID 490370148
Record type Site
Current site name Whirlwind Mine
Alternate or previous names Whirlwind

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.44472, 37.24861 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILES NE OF MONITOR BUTTE. Adit shown and labeled on topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monitor Butte(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 041S 013E 2 SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Chalcocite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Azurite Unknown

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 Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of 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

Main Entrance (1) -110.44472, 37.24861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 22.86M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Copied from deleted record 10252004: Area: .1 HA Length: 61 M Width: 15 M Depth to Top: 31 M Thickness: 1.2 M Strike: N15E Dip: 05E Type of Orebody #1 : REPLACEMENT Shape of Orebody #1 : TABULAR Primary mode of Origin : OTHER Primary Ore Control : LITHOLOGY Degree of Wallrock Alter. : UNKNOWN Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : UNKNOWN Strike And Dip : N15E:05E Total Surface Area (HA) : .1 Date of Last Modification : 780213

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • Copied from deleted record 10252004: Length: 610 M MAS Development Schedule #: 1 Mining Record # : 1 Status of Mining Method : PROPOSED Mining Method : OPEN STOPE Swell Factor : .69 Hardness of Rock : SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER Rock Characteristics : ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES Rock Support Chars. : SUPPORTING Mine Support Chars. : TIMBER Avg. Length of Adits (m) : 152 1st Condition of Workings : OPEN Capacity Units : MT COMMOD/DAY Units of Production : $/MT COMMOD Year of Information : 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • USGS PROF. PAPER #820 was cited by MAS 0490370471, but Whirlwind is not mentioned in this volume.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-07-01 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management
Editor 2011-11-07 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines 490370471
Reporter 1987-04-09 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines 490370148
Reporter 1976-01-01 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey W017328

Beyond USGS

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