Green Vein No. 5 Mine

Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089284
MRDS ID W015522
Record type Site
Current site name Green Vein No. 5 Mine
Alternate or previous names Strike

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.82824, 38.79803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Relative position 2.4 MILES NORTH - NORTH - EAST OF FAMILY BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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
023S 010E 20 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue

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 > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.82824, 38.79803

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 18.29M
    Width 106.68M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occasional Coaly Log Containing Uranium Ore

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crabbie, Andy
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bud Hanni

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPIL HAWLEY, C.C., BULL. 123

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY REOPENED MARCH, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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