Desert View 1

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107957
MRDS ID D005899
Record type Site
Current site name Desert View 1
Related records 10299904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.57025, 38.13579 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF THE TETONS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Tetons(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 015W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wah Wah Rhyolite
    Rock description Wah Wah Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.57025, 38.13579

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wah Wah Mts; Local Normal Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-FLAT, STRATIFIED
    Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • URANINITE, AUTONITE, FLUORITE. MINERALS ARE APHANITIC TO FINE-GRAIN CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Grove

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME SURFACE DOZER CUTS; OPEN-STOPE MINING METHODS. ALL ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, UT GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALS MASS FILLING OPEN SPACES ALONG A FRACTURE WITH OR WITHOUT ALTERATION OF ADJOINING ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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