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Past 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089510
MRDS ID W027220
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.31903, 38.82137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position APPROX. 1.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE DEWEY BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dewey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westwater Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 023E 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.31903, 38.82137
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED PODS
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 4.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Thompson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE IS FOUND IN SMALL, POD - LIKE DEPOSITS, THEREFORE ESTIMATE IS LOW GRADE AS MINING WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 62.48M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 2 ADITS, 2 SMALL DOG HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS FOUND IN ONE OF THE TWO ADITS. DEPOSITS SEEM TO BE SMALL AND POD - LIKE

Reporter information

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

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