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Blue Bonnet Top

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079030
MRDS ID W027823
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bonnet Top

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.43348, 38.40166 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position 1.1 MILES NORTHEAST 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

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 028S 023E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.43348, 38.40166
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 42.67M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kane Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phil Gramlich

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 42.67M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF LATERAL DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONGLOMERATE LENS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Smith, Archie D. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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