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Eureka 2 Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. 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. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088786
MRDS ID M058706
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka 2 Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.89684, 40.07468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1518
Relative position 9,000 FT N 74 E OF ODEKIRK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pariette Draw SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green-Desolation Canyon(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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018E 33 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Uinta
    Rock description Uinta
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.89684, 40.07468
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSE
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel, Overbank, Associated With Organic Debris

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Peak Draw Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZED FLAT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAIG L.C., HAIL W.J. JR. AND LUFT S.J., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION VERNAL QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH, DOE PGJ/F-026(82)P. 43-46.

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL, SURVEY, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT H0232069, URANIUM-VANADIUM REPORT 18, UINTA DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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