Butler Wash

Prospect in Garfield 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088100
MRDS ID DB00593
Record type Site
Current site name Butler Wash
Related records 10300397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63712, 38.09859 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF LONE CEDAR RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raggy Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dirty Devil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 012E 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63712, 38.09859

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mountains Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank, East Henry Mountains Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR TO TABULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Sedimentary Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns/East/Crescent Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gulf Energy Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith And Stewart

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FAVORABLE GROUND

Comments on development

  • A13 REO HUNT & HARVEY MECHAM, 513 DESERET BLDG., S. L. C., UTAH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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