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Sauer

Past Producer in San Juan 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106068
MRDS ID W027742
Record type Site
Current site name Sauer
Related records 10202821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.47348, 38.40082 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 1.4 MILES WNW OF KANE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kane Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 022E 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .168 %, V2O5 = 1.740

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, POD, WEDGE OUTS, ROLLS
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG N
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 6.71M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleo Channel. Scour Fill.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL - 100 - 300 LBS. U3O8

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 80.77M
    Overall depth 6.71M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60' INCLINE TO MINERALIZED HORIZON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 2' CHIP, 90 FT. SE FROM BOTTOM OF INCLINE

  • Production

    JONES, H. 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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