Vanadium King 7 Mine

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105919
MRDS ID W018735
Record type Site
Current site name Vanadium King 7 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.67824, 38.69025 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position .25 MILES NORTHEAST OF TEMPLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

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 Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.67824, 38.69025

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Temple Mountain Collapse

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 11 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Temple Mountain Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Magliaccio, Marie
    Home office Price, Ut

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.05 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 5 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1192

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY B. M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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