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Ash Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088788
MRDS ID M058715
Record type Site
Current site name Ash Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.82516, 40.07052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1476
Relative position 10,300 FT S 86 E OF PARIETTE DRAW, CASTLE PEAK DRAW INTERSECTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Uteland Butte(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 019E 31 E2 OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

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) -109.82516, 40.07052
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel, Overbank, Associated With Organic Debris

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCALLY CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, FOSSIL BONES AND LOGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pariette Draw Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE BULLDOZER PROSPECTING, ONE MINOR 10 FT. SHAFT

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)

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, U.S. BUR. OF MINES CONTRACT HO 232069, URANIUM VANADIUM REPORT 18, UINTA DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    DASCH, M.D., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 2, P. 109-128.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENTLE NORTHWARD DIP

Reporter information

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

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