Uneva

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089211
MRDS ID W014829
Record type Site
Current site name Uneva
Related records 10154164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.46406, 38.88275 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 5.6 MILES SOUTH 60 DEG WEST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spotted Wolf Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(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 022S 013E 23 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone And Mudstone

Analytical data

Result .22% U3O8, 1.42% V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Temple Mountain Member Of Chinle Formation;Mottled Siltstone Unit Of Chinle;Moss Back Member Of Chinle
    Rock description Temple Mountain Member Of Chinle Formation;Mottled Siltstone Unit Of Chinle;Moss Back Member Of Chinle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.46406, 38.88275

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description East San Rafael Monocline.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains, Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 42.67M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 140 FT ADIT AND AM INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 100 FT LONG. TOTAL WORKINGS LENGTH IS UNKNOWN AS CAVING HAS OCCURED BEHIND THE ADIT AND SHAT INTERSECTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C. ET AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1192

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY OF ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS BULL. 1239, 115 P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1929, GEOLOGY AND OIL AND GAS PROSPECTS OF PART OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH: USGS BULL. 806, P. 69 - 130.

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE HAWLEY AND OTHERS, BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, ROBECK, DYER, BULLETIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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