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Vivian

Past Producer in Grand 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106012
MRDS ID W026930
Record type Site
Current site name Vivian
Related records 10179592

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15708, 38.66442 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF COWHEAD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fisher Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 025E 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SECTION 3 , UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.15708, 38.66442
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 3.05M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gateway District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS GIVEN FROM ACCESSABLE WORKINGS. TWO ADITS ARE PRESENT WITH ONE BEING CAVED AT THE PORTAL

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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