Hope I

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078981
MRDS ID W027739
Record type Site
Current site name Hope I

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.47098, 38.40527 (WGS84)
Elevation 1701
Relative position 1.3 MILES WNW OF KANE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 022E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.47098, 38.40527

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, POD
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG N
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 7.62M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash, Logs, Clay Galls

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moab - Bridger Jack

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PERHAPS A FEW TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS, ONE SHALLOW PIT

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE DRILLING NE OF PROSPECTS, RESULTS UNKNOWN, EXTENT UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS ON INDIVIDUAL PODS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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