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Notch # 5

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078822
MRDS ID W027466
Record type Site
Current site name Notch # 5
Alternate or previous names McKenzie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.75514, 37.74361 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Relative position 6.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIGALIA RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kigalia Point(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 035S 020E 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

Analytical data

Result 2 ' CHIP SAMPLE. .039 % U3O8 , .072 % V2O5 , .420 % U3O8 , .063 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.75514, 37.74361
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    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 Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shumway, Kenneth

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ADIT ABOUT 40 FT BELOW PORTAL OF NOTCH AT 5 IN MOENKOPI WITH 50 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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