Squaw Park Group

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078701
MRDS ID W027217
Record type Site
Current site name Squaw Park Group
Related records 10155110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.36348, 38.83831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position APPROX 3.8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE DEWEY BRIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dewey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westwater Canyon(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 023E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    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) -109.36348, 38.83831

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 6 DEG S
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology, Coaly Logs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Thompson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anthony Pene Jr., Thompson Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 316.99M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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