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Betty 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106574
MRDS ID W027488
Record type Site
Current site name Betty Mine
Related records 10155433

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.72653, 37.88527 (WGS84)
Elevation 2313
Relative position 2.3 MILES NNE FROM ROUND MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cathedral Butte(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 020E 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Monitor Butte Member, Chinle Formation
    Rock description Monitor Butte Member, Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.72653, 37.88527
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 3 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Colorado Energy Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNABLE TO DETERMIND RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNABLE TO EXAMINE DEPOSIT DUE TO CAVING

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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