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Paleface

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. 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. 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 10089341
MRDS ID W018769
Record type Site
Current site name Paleface
Alternate or previous names Red Canyon 6
Related records 10227147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.96213, 38.74386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4.2 NNE 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 009E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
    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) -110.96213, 38.74386
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Flank Of San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET OR LENS
    Strike N 33 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to top 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Logs And Carbon Trash, Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bernard Huntsman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAIN MINE 290 FT OF WORKINGS, ONE DOG HOLE IN 3 FT. COARSE MINERALIZED SANDSTONE 250 FT. ALONG BASE OF MOSS BACK N 75 DEG W OF MAIN ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 123

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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