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Big Chief

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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106067
MRDS ID W027733
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief
Alternate or previous names Mile High Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.70237, 38.51276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position 2.5 MILES WSW OF TEXAS GULF SULF POTASH PLANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Bar Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(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

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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 020E 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: WEST 1/2 OF SEC. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite 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 Chinle Formation Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation Moss Back Mbr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.70237, 38.51276
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 106.68M
    Width 19.81M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 19.81M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 204.22M
    Overall depth 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR ADITS AND SEVERAL DOGHOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LARGELY LOW GRADE; DEPOSIT IS IN TWO AREA APPX. 200 YDS APART

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair 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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