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Western Payday 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  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 10078770
MRDS ID W027386
Record type Site
Current site name Western Payday Mine
Alternate or previous names West Payday, Highball
Related records 10130336

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.78681, 37.7825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 2.9 MILES SOUTH OF GOOSEBERRY GUARD STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poison Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 019E 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UNSERVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

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, Shinarump, Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Shinarump, Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cutler Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 4 DEG NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Black - Doug Davis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CAVED, USGS PUBLICATION 1965 INDICATES 200 FT OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKING CAVED

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.

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