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Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088013
MRDS ID DB00154
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.93488, 38.54665 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2.3 MILES NORTH OF HORSETHIEF SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 018E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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 Black Ledge Unit Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Black Ledge Unit Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glen Canyon Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 52 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 4.57M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel, Carbonaceous Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED UNIT IS 75 - 100 FEET ABOVE THE MOSS BACK MEMBER WHICH IS THE MAJOR PRODUCER IN THIS AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY A FEW POUNDS OF MINERALIZED ROCK REMAIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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