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Atomic King

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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079063
MRDS ID W027890
Record type Site
Current site name Atomic King
Alternate or previous names Operated and Shipped As Part of Monte Cristo Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.59737, 38.47804 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 1.48 MILES E FROM HURRAH PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trough Springs Canyon(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 027S 021E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Red Sandstone Where Mineralized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cutler
    Rock description Cutler
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.59737, 38.47804
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure, Fractures. Favorable Beds-Porosisity.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS AT CONTACT OF CUTLER AND MOENKOPI FORMATIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moab District Lower Kane Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jerry Stocks
  • Type Owner
    Owner Uranium Production Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FAVORABLE FAULT ZONE WITH CONTACT EXTENTS SOUTH FOR 4 MILES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF WORKING EXPLORATION DRIFTING ALONG FAULT.

Comments on development

  • ADITS DRIFTED ALONG FAULTS, EXPLORATION THREE MAIN ADITS - MIDDLE MAIN PRODUCES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H. 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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