Matchless Mine

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. 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 10088014
MRDS ID DB00156
Record type Site
Current site name Matchless Mine
Alternate or previous names Mineral 10 & 11

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.93932, 38.5422 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position 1.9 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 Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite 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 Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.93932, 38.5422

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 52 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel Scour, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL STOCKPILE 20 - 30 TONS NEAR MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.003HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLUDES ONE LARGE WORKING ( 252 FT ) AND THREE SMALL ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1978

  • 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.