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Wickiup #1 Mine

Past Producer in Emery 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089276
MRDS ID W015498
Record type Site
Current site name Wickiup #1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68768, 38.88941 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1.2 MILES SOUTH OF THE WICKIUP KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Wickiup(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 024S 011E 21 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation
    Rock description Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.68768, 38.88941
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED PODS
    Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 39.62M
    Width 39.62M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN SANDSTONE LENSE BELOW MOTTLED SILTSTONE MEMBER OF CHINLE FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael Swell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred A. Dunham; Grand Junc., Colo.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY SMALL SHOWINGS OF ORE IN WORKINGS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL ADITS SEPERATED BY 125 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C.C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L. 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT. USAEC RMO 673

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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