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Unnamed

Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089467
MRDS ID W026922
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed
Related records 10130481

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.14708, 38.67415 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 2.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COWHEAD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fisher Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 025E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Montroseite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.14708, 38.67415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET, IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 10.67M
    Depth to bottom 16.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channels, Roll Ore Bodies

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1977

Mining district

District name Gateway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Bunker
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EICHER L.J. AND MILLER G.A., 1956 , GATEWAY DISTRICT, MESA CO. COLORADO AND GRAND CO. UTAH, FROM GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS, US AEC TEI 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE LOCATED IN ROLL BODIES.

Reporter information

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

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