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Found

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079006
MRDS ID W027777
Record type Site
Current site name Found
Related records 10300944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.13265, 37.67639 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position 4.7 MILES EAST OF SOLDIER CROSSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacobs Chair(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 016E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 10 UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .165 %, V2O5 = .008

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) -110.13265, 37.67639
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Stable Platform

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR, LENS
    Strike N 16 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG W
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 24.38M
    Depth to top 8.53M
    Depth to bottom 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, White Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Power And Light Co.
    Home office 1807 W., N. Temple, Salt Lake City, Merrill Heward

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • .1 % U3O8 ORE IN PLACE EXPOSED IN OPEN PIT AREA, 30 SHORT TONS OF .1 % U3O8 IN STOCK PILE AT CAMP SITE, 30 SHORT TONS OF .1 % U3O8 STOCKPILE IN FLAT BELOW CLIFF

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.217HA
    Length 79.25M
    Overall depth 6.71M
    Overall length 83.82M
    Overall width 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAMPLE H10 , 4 FT CHIP, 30 FT IN FROM PORTAL, 3 FT W OF CORNER, N WALL

  • 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

    UGMS STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES P., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND ADIT 200 FT TO THE EAST CAVED & INACCESSIBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. U.S. Geological Survey

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