Conrad 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. Alteration
  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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105922
MRDS ID W018768
Record type Site
Current site name Conrad Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.96935, 38.74053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Relative position 4 MILES NNE OF TOMSICH BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tomsich Butte(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 024S 009E 07 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone & Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.96935, 38.74053

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR - BLANKET
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG NW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 21.34M
    Depth to top 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels, Tree Remains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Conrad Uranium Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Staker, Howard R.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 251.46M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME CAVING IN THE MINE HAS COVERED DRIFT OPENINGS. WORKINGS ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 1000 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1239

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    TERRA WEST CORP. REPORT ON CONRAD, CROSS BOW, HILL TOP CLAIMS, DATE UNKNOWN

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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