Del Monte Mines

Past Producer 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. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088104
MRDS ID DB00603
MAS/MILS ID 490170215
Record type Site
Current site name Del Monte Mines
Alternate or previous names Delmonte, Delmonte Group, National Uranium Corp. Del Monte Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.65306, 37.78083 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF MT. ELLSWORTH. At least 4 unlabeled adits in NW4 of Sec. 12 are part of this group. Coordinates are for near center of these 4 adits. Another cluster of at least 10 adits is centered only 440 m immediately south on the hill labeled 5450T on the topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Creek Benches(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(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
035S 011E 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Roscoelite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ANALYSES TO 6.81 PERCENT U3O8 AND 9.8 PERCENT V2O5

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description South Flank Little Rockies Syncline
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mtns. Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/LENTICULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 4 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Sedimentary Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./South/Del Monte
District name Henry Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kay Hunt
    Interest 100
    Home office Hanksville
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY CLOSELY SPACED ADITS, EACH 50 - 200 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22.

  • Deposit

    HUNT AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MTNS. REGION, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, 1958

  • Production

    USBM - MAS 129

  • Deposit

    BROOKE, G.L., Shirley, R.F., and Swanson, M.A., 1951, GEOLogical INVESTigation OF the TRACHYTE DISTrict, HENRY MounTaiNS, Utah: USAEC RMO-912, 7 P.

  • Deposit

    HILPERT'S FILE, USGS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-20-1970.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-29-1958.

  • Deposit

    USBM INDEX FOR GARFIELD CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS WAS 3 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1978-06-01 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management
Editor 2011-11-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 4 duplicate records
Reporter 1976-01-01 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey W017335 = 10072321
Reporter 1974-06-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey DC13934 = 10020761 and DC13970 = 10020782
Reporter 1983-11-18 Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey MAS 0490170215 = 10275734

Beyond USGS

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

External references