Avalanche #13

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078764
MRDS ID W027379
Record type Site
Current site name Avalanche #13

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.71542, 37.7925 (WGS84)
Elevation 2076
Relative position 3.9 MILES SSW FROM ROUND MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chippean Rocks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 020E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Monitor Butte Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Monitor Butte Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cutler Group

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 9 DEG E
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 18.29M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Wash Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINERALIZED ZONES COULD NOT BE REACHED, CAVED & FLOODED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references