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Prospect 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096877
MRDS ID DB00118
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.79793, 38.43165 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position UPPER MUSSELMAN CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Musselman Arch(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

Canyonlands National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 019E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

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 Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.79793, 38.43165
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.15M
    Depth to top 3.66M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Inter River District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT SLOPES INTO HILL AND IS BEING FILLED WITH MUD FROM RUN OFF WATERS; RAIL MINE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT ON SANDSTONE, MUDSTONE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

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