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Occurrence in San Juan 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10096515
MRDS ID W027746
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.43903, 38.42055 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2.0 MILES NEN OF KANE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 022E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC 30
  • ADJACENT TO EAST SIDE OF ROAD NEAR CREST OF WOODED GENTLE HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD FROM QUARTZ VEIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    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) -109.43903, 38.42055
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, BEDDED, TABULAR
    Thickness 0.08M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT ONLY; POSSIBLY A MEAGER AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED, BUT UNCERTAIN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES. NIL
  • PROBABLY SOME LOW-GRADE GOLD-BEARING MATERIAL PRESENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 10.67M
    Overall depth 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHING IN MUDSTONE LENS
  • INFORMATION LACKING; PROBABLY MINOR SURFACE TRENCHES AND PITS

Comments on development

  • OPEN STRIPPING AND CHANNELING
  • AREA HAS NUMEROUS GOLD-SILVER MINES AND PROSPECTS INCLUDING PB-ZN-CU SULFIDES; THIS PROSPECT ABOUT 0.65 KM SOUTH OF IDA MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H. 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. 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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