Colt Mega Mine

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227178
MAS/MILS ID 0490170195
Record type Site
Current site name Colt Mega Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.08404, 37.72669 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Pasture Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035 S 007 E 36 SENWNE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.08404, 37.72669

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIDSON,ES,1967,GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA,GARFIELD

  • Deposit

    AND KANE COUNTIES,UTAH:USGS BULL.1229

  • Deposit

    DOELLING,HH,1967,URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO,UT:UGMS

  • Deposit

    SS 22

  • Deposit

    DOELLING,HH,1975,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RES. OF GARFIELD CO,UT:

  • Deposit

    UGMS BULL.107

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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