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U3o8 Mine

Past Producer in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088289
MRDS ID DB01551
Record type Site
Current site name U3o8 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.96907, 38.43442 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF FACTORY BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Factory Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 009E 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 29 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

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) -110.96907, 38.43442
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Caineville Reef

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 19 DEG E
    Dip 17 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 7.62M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 22.86M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cainville Reef Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gary Ekker

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 155.45M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT AND SOME SURFACE PROSPECTING AND DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, LARRY, 1978 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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