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Rio Colorado

Past Producer 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089339
MRDS ID W018763
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Colorado
Related records 10227518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98268, 38.69386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position .6 MILE NE OF TOMSICH BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tomsich Butte(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
Salt Lake 024S 008E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC. 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

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 Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Mottled Siltstone Unit
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Mottled Siltstone Unit

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98268, 38.69386
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 28 DEG E
    Dip 9 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Carbonaceous Material

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 District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Donald Hanni

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS PROBABLY VERY SMALL, LIMITED TO A FEW TONS OF LOW GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 35.05M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AT ONE LOCATION. ONE SMALL HOLE 200 FT WEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

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