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Blue Jay Mine

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079040
MRDS ID W027848
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Mine
Alternate or previous names Joan, Pine Tree, Sunnyside, Grey Fox, Sunset and Old Tree

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.39152, 38.33555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1.85 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE RESERVOIR IN BROWNS HOLE AND 1.9 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LA SAL JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Sal Junction(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 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 3 FT. CUT ACROSS MINERALIZED ZONE, 168 FT. FROM PORTAL ON RIGHT RIB, .042 % U3O8 , .021 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.39152, 38.33555
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Browns Hole Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Mining Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT FROM WHICH NUMEROUS STOPES HAVE BEEN RUN. MINE WORKINGS ARE IN EXCESS OF 1,500 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    SMOUSE 1973 , U.G.M.S. STUDY

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE PERRY 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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