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Buckhorn

Occurrence 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078699
MRDS ID W027212
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn
Related records 10155251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15597, 38.83331 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Relative position 3.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF UTAH BOTTOMS GUAGING STATION ON THE DOLORES RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Chief Mesa(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 023S 025E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC. 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite 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) -109.15597, 38.83331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODLIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Calvin Breshnaka

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO APPARENT RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.027HA
    Overall length 25.91M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DOZER CUTS AND AN ADIT WHICH HAS APPARENTLY CAVED AND BEEN GRADED OUT. WORKINGS ARE IN THREE SEPARATE AREAS ABOUT 200 YDS. APART.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BLAIR MC CARTHY, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LOWGRADE WITH UNDETERMINED DIMENSIONS

Reporter information

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

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