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La Mar

Prospect in Garfield 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096886
MRDS ID DB00629
Record type Site
Current site name La Mar
Related records 10226908

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.66351, 37.78082 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF MT. ELLSWORTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Creek Benches(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 011E 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

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) -110.66351, 37.78082
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mtns. Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank Of Bullfrog Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike NE
    Dip 5 DEG NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash In Sedimentary Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./South/Delmonte

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunray Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunrise Mining Enterprises

Comments on the production information

  • MAY HAVE PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE IN 1959.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE AREA OF FAVORABLE GROUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS IN 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED LENSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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