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Cedar Ridge No. 2 Mine

Past Producer in Emery 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088778
MRDS ID M058670
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Ridge No. 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73657, 39.29219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 1,500 FT N 47 W OF THE NIPPLE, Within 2 Miles

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cow Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 011E 06 NE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS CONFUSED; IN PGJ/F-055 (82) IT IS PLOTTED IN T 18 S, R 11 E, SEC. 1 BUT LOCATION IN APPENDIX A IS T 18 S, R 11 E, SEC. 5; DMEA REPORT LISTS T 18 S, R 10 E, SEC. 1. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Brushy Basin Member Of The Morrison
    Rock description Brushy Basin Mbr. Of The Morrison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73657, 39.29219
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults To North, East, And West Of Prospect

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North San Rafael Swell Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cedar Ridge Uranium Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM BRUSHY BASIN MBR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • USBM, 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL ADIT AND SOME DOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • SALT WASH MBR., MAIN U TARGET IN AREA, DOES NOT OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN SANDSTONE AND SHALE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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