| Deposit ID | 10079043 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027855 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Circle Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes: Yellow Circle 1 - 7, Primero, Protection Forked Canyon, Exchecquer, Fraction, U.S. Treasury, Chapparal, Jessie Bolsey, White Fawn 1 & 2, Inspiration, Maybe, And Others |
| Related records | 10179179 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.36736, 38.39943 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | 2.9 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF POLE CREEK AND KANE SPRINGS CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Tukuhnikivatz(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
Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 023E | 02 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -109.36736, 38.39943 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 304.8M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| District name | Cane Creek Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Plateau Mining Co. |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 226000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027855 |
PHOENIX, D. A., 1958 , G.S.A. BULLETIN VOL. 69 , P. 403 - 417
FARROW, C. E. AND OTHERS, 1955 , USAEC REPORT RME #58
HULEATT, W. P., S. W. HAZEN AND W. M. TRARER JR., 1946 , USBM RI #3930
UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FILES
LEE PERRY 1977
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1977 | Perry, Lee I. | Bureau of Land Management |
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