Little Don Mine

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088022
MRDS ID DB00180
Record type Site
Current site name Little Don Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.09625, 38.33693 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 2.07 MILES WNW FROM HIGHWAY 46 CROSSING UTAH - COLORADO STATE LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ray Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 026E 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .102 %, V2O5 = 2.160 %,

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.09625, 38.33693

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description La Sal Creek Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip 5 DEG E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 10.67M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paradox District, La Sal Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CONNECTED WITH FIREFLY MINE

Comments on development

  • MOST OF PRODUCTION THRU FIREFLY MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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