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Buckhorn

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155251
MRDS ID W027212
MAS/MILS ID 0490190074
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn
Related records 10078699

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.15539, 38.83358 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Chief Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dolores(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 023 S 025 E 04 NE SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.15539, 38.83358
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 03N
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 6M
    Width 15M
    Area 0.02HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:03N
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .02
    Date of Last Modification 790824

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thompsons

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colvin Breshnaka
    Year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 61M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .73
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 31
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UGMS ECON FILES CRIB 19-COATES CREEK-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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