Delta Mine

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. 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. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089343
MRDS ID W018774
Record type Site
Current site name Delta Mine
Alternate or previous names Hidden Splendor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94963, 38.56525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 5.4 MILES SE OF VABM 6562 "RED HILLS"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hunt Draw(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 026S 009E 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC. 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boltwoodite Ore
Carnotite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Zippeite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone, Mudstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.94963, 38.56525

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description North - South Trending Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike N 68 DEG E
    Dip 9 DEG SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonized Logs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Vernon J. Pick
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hunt Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner Central Oil And Minerals

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 213.36M

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

    KEYS, W. S., 1954, THE DELTA MINE, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH; US AEC, RME 59

  • Deposit

    GRUNER, S. W., AND GARDINER, L., 1952, US AEC RMO-566

  • Deposit

    1952 COMPILE US AEC RME

  • Deposit

    1954 COMPILE US AEC RME

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE ISACHSEN, Y. W., PROFESSIONAL PAPER

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETIN

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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