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Bridger Jack

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078983
MRDS ID W027741
Record type Site
Current site name Bridger Jack

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.47264, 38.40193 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 1.35 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 028S 022E 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .480 %, V2O5 = 1.770

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/PODS
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Base Of Channels, Carbon Trash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moab - Bridger Jack Mesa

Comments on the production information

  • POSSIBLY UP TO 1000 LBS. U3O8 . ACTUAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MUCH ORE REMAINS IN STOPES, CONTINUOUS LENSES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 131.06M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SPL. H30 , 26 FT IN FROM PORTAL SOUTH SIDE OF ROOM 2 CHIP

  • Production

    HAROLD JONES 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 OR 3 HORIZONS, 2 OR 3 ORE BODIES, MAX LENGTH & WIDTH ON LARGEST LENS.

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.

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