Bonniebell Claims

Occurrence in Uintah 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094727
MRDS ID DB00355
Record type Site
Current site name Bonniebell Claims
Related records 10129963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.24515, 40.29496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position 9,100 FT N53W OF COU WASH RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cliff Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 024E 17 SW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES RANGE FROM .003 TO .090% U AND FROM 0 TO .03% V.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mesaverde
    Rock description Mesaverde

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.24515, 40.29496

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description On North Limb Of Broad, Southwest Plunging Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN
    Strike N 90 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uinta Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Birch Mining And Drilling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.026HA
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 22.86M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED BY SNOW BROTHERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAIG, L.C. AND OTHERS, 1980, URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL 1X2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO-UTAH: DOE PGJ(F)-026.

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, E.A. AND ANNES, E.C. JR., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE UINTA BASIN OF COLORADO AND UTAH: AEC RME-94.

  • Deposit

    DASCH, M.D., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH IN URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

  • Deposit

    LOVE, J.D., 1964, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATIC LAKE BEDS OF EOCENE AGE IN INTERMONTANE BASINS OF WYOMING AND UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 474-E.

  • Deposit

    UGMS, 1974, URANIUM-VANADIUM OCCURRENCES OF UTAH: UGMS OFR-18.

  • Deposit

    BERONI, B.P. AND MCKEOWN, F.A., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIFEROUS ROCKS IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHEASTERN UTAH: AEC TEI-308.

  • Deposit

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTAINED WITHIN 100 FOOT STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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