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Peavine Queen Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10106050
MRDS ID W027468
Record type Site
Current site name Peavine Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.85737, 37.66861 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Relative position 1.7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIGALIA RANGER STA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kigalia Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 036S 019E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 07

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

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 Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.85737, 37.66861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 1 DEG W
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel, Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Howard Kimmerle
Year of first production 1961

Mining district

District name Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kimmerle, Howard

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^11.88 St Of .08 % , 23.49 Tons .18 U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 99.06M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    USAEC PRODUCTION RECORDS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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