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Morrison Mine

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Vanadium, Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078767
MRDS ID W027383
Record type Site
Current site name Morrison Mine
Related records 10252445

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.70098, 37.75972 (WGS84)
Elevation 1923
Relative position 6.3 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 035S 020E 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary

Analytical data

Result SELECTED GRAB FROM STOCKPILE - .756 % U3O8 , .009 % V2O5

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
    Rock description Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.70098, 37.75972
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Comb Moncline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 6 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Joe Morrison

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Wash Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joe Morrison
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rockwell, A. A. And A. F.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER PART OF WORKING FLOODED UNSTABLE ROCK, SOME CAVING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 30 TONS OF STOCK PILED ORE - GROUND UNSTABLE - ROCK FALLS FROM BACK IN MOST AREA OF MINE
Deposit ORE BODY INACCESSABLE - DUE TO UNSTABLE GROUND AND FLOODING

Reporter information

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

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