Sage No. 57

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087143
MRDS ID D005249
Record type Site
Current site name Sage No. 57

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18829, 37.36609 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 12,300 FEET WEST NORTHWEST OF RED BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smith Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 012W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Springdale Sandstone, Chinle Formation
    Rock description Springdale Sandstone, Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.18829, 37.36609

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Selective Bedding In Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kolob

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.836HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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