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Notch # 1 and 4

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078837
MRDS ID W027493
Record type Site
Current site name Notch # 1 and 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.76237, 37.75222 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 0.3 MILES NORTHFROM THE NOTCH

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 035S 020E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.76237, 37.75222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Carbonaceous Material

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shumway Brothers

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 42.67M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • NOTCH # 1 ADIT IS COMPLETELY CAVED, NOTCH # 4 IS PARTIALLY CAVED

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY RIM STRIPPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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