Old Powder Group

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078986
MRDS ID W027745
Record type Site
Current site name Old Powder Group
Related records 10154868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.46542, 38.40166 (WGS84)
Elevation 1713
Relative position 0.9 MILES NW 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 , SEC 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    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

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paleo Channel Sours

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 3.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moab, Bridger Jack

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 3.35M

Comments on development

  • DRILLING - EXTENT & RESULTS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H. 1977

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.