Columbus Prospect

Occurrence in Grand 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089516
MRDS ID W027235
Record type Site
Current site name Columbus Prospect
Related records 10251771

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.31152, 38.55416 (WGS84)
Elevation 2341
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH - SOUTHWEST OF BATTLEGROUND MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warner Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 07 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

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) -109.31152, 38.55416

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR BLANKET
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 30 DEG E
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson Mesa

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.088HA
    Overall length 35M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SMALL PROSPECT PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, BLAIR 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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