Vanadium King 6

Prospect in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275635
MRDS ID W018730
MAS/MILS ID 0490150120
Record type Site
Current site name Vanadium King 6
Related records 10072981

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.67824, 38.68717 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024 S 011 E 35 NE NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.67824, 38.68717

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 11S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 46M
    Width 15M
    Area 0.1HA
    Depth to top 122M
    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 N25E:11S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .1
    Date of Last Modification 790522

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Temple Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Magliaccio, Marie
    ID 4201433
    Home office Price, Ut
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .69
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    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

    REV BY MILS 27MAR79 EVA:UGMS PERRY

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY,CC 1957, SAN RAPHAEL SWELL, UT GE

  • Deposit

    OLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF RADIOACTIVE DEPO

  • Deposit

    SITS: USAEC TEI-690.

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY,CC & OTHERS 1965, GEOLOGY & URANI

  • Deposit

    UM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    EMERY CO, UT: USGS BULL 1192.

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY,CC & OTHERS 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERE

  • Deposit

    D ROCKS & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAPHAE

  • Deposit

    L SWELL, EMERY CO. UT: USGS BULL 1239.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-APR-1987 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/05/1983
MSHA mine ID4201433
Mine name (MSHA)Vanadium King No 6 Mine
Current operatorHill Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Scharf Sammy
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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