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M Group

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079074
MRDS ID W027905
Record type Site
Current site name M Group
Alternate or previous names Madre, Massey, Miller, Mason, Rainbow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.72043, 38.4897 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position .9 MILES EAST OF V.A.B.M. ON DEADHORSE POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shafer Basin(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 020E 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.72043, 38.4897
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PORTAL CAVED, WORKING INACCESSABLE. DEPOSIT AND WORKINGS DESCRIPTIONS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • TWO CHUTE 150 TON LOADING BIN. ROAD IMPASSABLE AT BASE OF HILL. RIM STRIPPIN TO E AND W OF PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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

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