Oakie Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078824
MRDS ID W027470
Record type Site
Current site name Oakie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.8932, 37.64556 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position 4.2 MILES SW FROM 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

Woodenshoe Buttes(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 036S 018E 23,24 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result 2.5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE - .402 % U3O8 , .130 % 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 Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.8932, 37.64556

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 13.72M
    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 Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. J. Noonan

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1956 - 1959
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.23 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1965
    Period 1965
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.07 % U3o8 , .04 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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