Sahara

Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Vanadium, Uranium
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107306
MRDS ID W014777
Record type Site
Current site name Sahara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35267, 38.90553 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 1.8 MILES SOUTH 45 DEG EAST OF THE HANKSVILLE INTERCHANGE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jessies Twist(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Rafael Desert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Rafael(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 014E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 14 T 22S, R 14E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

Analytical data

Result .005% U3O8 AND .098% V2O5
Result 1.066% U3O8 AND .20% V2O5 .504% EU3O8, .165% EU3O8 .028% EU3O8 (SAMPLING DONE 1976)

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) -110.35267, 38.90553

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold - And Fault Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL OR LENTICULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG NE
    Plunge 3 DEG
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plant Remains, Particularly Logs, Paleochannels

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS LARGELY CONFINED TO PALEOCHANNELS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PLANT REMAINS WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY REPLACED BY URANIUM AND/OR VANADIUM MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mining district

District name Green River Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Trio Industries

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.21 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.15 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM D2A IS PRODUCTION FOR JAN & FEB 1977 ONLY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on development

  • L60 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1957), L70 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1975 - 76)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSITS ARE USUALLY ELONGATE ALONG CHANNEL SANDSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Trimble, Larry M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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