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Fools Luck

Occurrence 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089523
MRDS ID W027252
Record type Site
Current site name Fools Luck
Related records 10300338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.56849, 39.73303 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Relative position 1.3 MILES NW OF MOLLIE HOGANS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agency Draw NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seep Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 021E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.56849, 39.73303
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompsons - Yellow Cat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO APPARENT RESOURCES FOR THIS DEPOSIT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W. L., 1952 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 46 , 51 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS ARE UNCERTAIN DUE TO SMALL SIZE OF WORKINGS

Reporter information

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

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