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Kay Mine

Past Producer in Beaver 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101517
MRDS ID D004416
Record type Site
Current site name Kay Mine
Alternate or previous names Kay Claims
Related records 10300477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.51164, 38.20635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Relative position 4350 FT S 60 DEG E OF THE SEEPS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Tetons(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 015W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Kaolinization, Argillite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Sevey Dolomite;Needles Range Formation
    Rock description Sevey Dolomite;Needles Range Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.51164, 38.20635
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal & Thrust Faulting, Minor Folding, Extensive Igneous Activity

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS AS PIPELIKE BODIES AT THE CONTACT OF THE DOLOMITE WITH VOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Grove

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 1.52M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME RECENT DOZER CUTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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