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Magobar Mine

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089278
MRDS ID W015503
Record type Site
Current site name Magobar Mine
Related records 10299955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74352, 38.96941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF THE WICKIUP

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 021S 011E 19 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Siltstone, Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mottled Siltstone Of Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Mottled Siltstone Of Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Moenkopi Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADIT CUT IN TO MOENKOPI AND MOTTLED SILTSTONE ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE TWO. THERE IS ABOUT 40 FT. OF MOTTLED. SILTSTONE BETWEEN MOENKOPI AND MOSS BACK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 Clark Powell, La Mar Hussery

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.01M
    Overall depth 30.48M

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

Reporter information

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

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