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Salt Wash Deposits

Past Producer in Arizona, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Vanadium, Selenium, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000849
MRDS ID ISM0736
Record type District
Current site name Salt Wash Deposits
Alternate or previous names Uravan Mineral Belt, Carrizo Lukachukai, Henry Mtns., Green River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.03398, 37.9333 (WGS84)
Relative position POINT OF REFERENCE ESTIMATED FROM 1:62 500 SCALE MAP; AREA ESTIMATED FROM 1:5 000 000 SCALE MAP. DEPOSITS IN SALT WASH MEMBER, MORRISON FM., ON COLORADO PLATEAU.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piute Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona
United States Utah
United States Colorado San Miguel
United States New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Selenium Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.03398, 37.9333
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BROAD FLUVIO-LACUSTRINE PLAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1899
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: LUTHER SMITH, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIN, US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; OCT, 16, 1985: COMPUTER SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, COLORADO PLATEAU V-U DEPOSITS, ORGANIZED BY HOST ROCK.

  • Deposit

    WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: R. GENE CLARK, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, U.S. GEOL SURVEY, NOV 1984: INCLUDES COMPUTER SUMMARY, OF PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, COLORADO PLATEAU V-U DEPOSITS ORGANIZED BY AREA; PREPARED BY LUTHER SMITH, DEPT. OF ENERGY.

  • Deposit

    THAMM, J.K., KOVSCHAK, A.A., JR. AND ADAMS, S.S., 1981, GEOLOGY AND RECOGNITION CRITERIA FOR SANDSTONE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SALT WASH TYPE, COLORADO PLATEAU PROVINCE: US DEPT OF ENERGY, REPORT GJBX-6(81), 135 P.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R.P., 1942, VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO AND UTAH; USGS BULL. 936-P, P. 363-394.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R.P., 1945. CRADE DISTRIBUTION AND RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF VANADIUM AND URANIUM IN THE CARNOTITE DEPOSITS: INTERNAL USGS ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R.P., 1968, THE URANIUM AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU REGION: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967, (GRATON-SALES VOLUME=, A.I.M.E., PT. 6, CHAP. 35, P. 735-745.

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1980. URANIUM IN COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGY, 1980 SYMPOSIUM, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSN. OF GEOLOGISTS, DENVER, CO P. 217-224.

Beyond USGS

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

Coordinate doesn't match listed state

The coordinates (37.9333, -109.0340) appear to be in Colorado or Utah, but this record is listed as being in Arizona. The location data may be incorrect.

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