Rock Island Group

The Rock Island Group is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 4,849 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Rock Island Group  

State:  Utah

County:  Emery

Elevation: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 39.36444, -110.47139

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Rock Island Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rock Island Group


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Woodside Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Book Cliffs


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Comment (Workings): TWO SHALLOW ADITS CUT INTO THE EAST CANYON WALL OF GRASSY TRAIL CREEK


References

Reference (Deposit): SABLE, V.H., 1955, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODSIDE-4 QUADRANGLE, EMERY AND CARBON COUNTIES: USGS MAP I-110.

Reference (Deposit): UGMS, 1974, UTAH URANIUM AND VANADIUM: UGMS REPORT 19.

Reference (Deposit): ORKILD, P.P., 1955, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODSIDE-5 QUADRANGLE, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS MAP I-5.

Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, J.A., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, PRICE QUADRANGLE, UTAH: DOE PGJ/F-055 (82)


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