Indian Creek No. 2 Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106040
MRDS ID W027388
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek No. 2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Hart Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.49819, 37.92666 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position 3.65 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monticello Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 022E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

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) -109.49819, 37.92666

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer U. S. G. S.

Mining district

District name Abajo Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clayton Stocks

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 224.03M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MTNS. AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH; USGS, PP 453

  • Production

    UGMS STUDY - 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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