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Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Alteration
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089570
MRDS ID W027478
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.97459, 37.66389 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 2.9 MILES SOUTH OF "THE HEEL"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodenshoe Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 018E 18 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In 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 Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.97459, 37.66389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENS
    Strike N 31 DEG W
    Dip 5 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah Power And Light Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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

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