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Camel No. 1 Prospect

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078991
MRDS ID W027753
Record type Site
Current site name Camel No. 1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.00488, 37.65722 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 4.6 MILES EAST OF THE CHEESEBOX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cheesebox(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 017E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 14 500 FT NE OF HIDE OUT MINE MAIN PORTAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS ARE APHANITIC

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.00488, 37.65722
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Stable Platform

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 18.29M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 3.66M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name White Canyon District - Deer Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO ESTIMATE MADE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON NORTH FLANK OF HIDEOUT MINE PALEOCHANNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD COS., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FLAT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1132 .

  • Production

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, HAROLD 1977

Reporter information

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

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