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Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087998
MRDS ID DB00117
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80849, 38.43915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position UPPER MUSSELMAN CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Musselman Arch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Canyonlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 019E Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinile Formation, Mossback Member
    Rock description Chinile Formation, Mossback Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.80849, 38.43915
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS, IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 5.49M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Inter River District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 5.49M

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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