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Occurrence in San Juan 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096503
MRDS ID W027408
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.24957, 37.63639 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1.2 MILES SOUTH OF THE DALTON RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsehead Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 024E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC. 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Sandstone

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) -109.24957, 37.63639

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 1 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.08M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.05M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUFF, L. C., AND LESURE, F. G., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U. S. G. S. BULLETIN 1190

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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