South Fork Group

Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096386
MRDS ID W015517
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Group
Related records 10178955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.84546, 38.75969 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position .5 MILES SOUTH OF FAMILY BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 010E 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.84546, 38.75969

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 2 DEG W
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 19.81M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonized Trash And Logs Disseminated Through Sandstone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GYPSUM FOUND ALONG VEINLETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 13.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH,: USGS BULL. 1239

  • Deposit

    REYNER M.L., 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISION RAW MATERIALS EXPLORATION REPORT 673.

  • Deposit

    1950 RECON USAEC - REPORT ON URANIUM DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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