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Wood Bench Uranium Occurance

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088144
MRDS ID DB00779
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Bench Uranium Occurance
Related records 10228099

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.03074, 38.41804 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 5.9 MILES NORTH OF CAINVILLE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caine Springs(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

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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 008E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 34 UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.03074, 38.41804
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Capitol Reef

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonized Wood

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 BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER CUTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FEW SCATTERED MINERALIZED LOGS. SPOTTY MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

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

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