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Maybe Mine

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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079008
MRDS ID W027780
Record type Site
Current site name Maybe Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.15182, 37.57333 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 3.3 MILES SW FROM THE NEEDLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fry Spring(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

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 037S 016E 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4, SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.15182, 37.57333
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR, LENS
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

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, Red Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Energy Fuels Nuclear

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.05 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT BACK WASHED - FILLED WITH MUD, 2 FT - 3 FT DEEP WORKINGS NOT VISITED

Comments on development

  • THE MAYBE MINE WILL BE CONNECTED WITH THE EARS, HILLSIDE, GIZMO MINES.

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 CO., 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS CHANNEL IS BEING DRIFTED UPON TO THE EAST - HILLSIDE - GIZMO - PLANS TO CONNECT WORKING VIA DRIFTING FROM HILLSIDE & MAYBE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

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

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