| Deposit ID | 10088087 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00559 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vega Poison Shaft |
| Related records | 10227380 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.22189, 38.49358 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1905 |
| Relative position | 3.1 MILES NORTH OF MARYSVALE, UTAH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Piute(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Marysvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 003W | 05 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Pre Belknap Volcanics | ||||||
| Rock description | Pre Belknap Volcanics | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -112.22189, 38.49358 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Glass Dikes |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | D. L. (Poison) Atherly |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| District name | Durfee District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Energy Fuels |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00559 |
KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1967 , MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM DEPOSITS, AIME GRATON-SALES, VOL. 2 , P. 1020 - 1041 .
DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDE BOOK # 21 .
BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 .
TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CAVED WORKINGS NO DATA ON DEPOSIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1978 | Trimble, Larry M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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