| Deposit ID | 10078824 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027470 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oakie Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.8932, 37.64556 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2243 |
| Relative position | 4.2 MILES SW FROM KIGALIA RANGER STATION |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 036S | 018E | 23,24 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Result | 2.5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE - .402 % U3O8 , .130 % V2O5 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -109.8932, 37.64556 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Elk Ridge Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. J. Noonan |
| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1956 - 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | U | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^.23 % U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | U | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^.07 % U3o8 , .04 % V2o5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027470 |
UGMS STUDY - 1973
TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1977 | Trimble, Larry M. | Bureau of Land Management |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.