Holt Draw Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088129
MRDS ID DB00728
Record type Site
Current site name Holt Draw Uranium Prospect
Related records 10251854

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.43436, 38.32887 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 2.2 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORREY, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004E 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Gangue
Chalcanthite Gangue

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 Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glen Canyon Group

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fremont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 147.22M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATORY WORKINGS ONLY.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAK MINERALIZATION AT OUTCROP NEAR PORTAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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