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EXPLORATORY DIAMOND DRILLING IN THE NO NAME CANYON AREA, WHITE CANYON DISTRICT, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH
E.V. Mace, E.W. Oertell
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Abstract
No Name Canyon is in the White Canyon district, approximately 86 miles west of Blanding, San Juan County, Utah. It is on the west flank of the Monument upwarp where exposed sedimertary rocks range in age from Permian to Jurassic. Uraninite associated with pyrite and carbonaceous material is localized within local basinlike scours on the northern flank of a southwest-trending paleostream channel at the base of the Shinarump member of the upper Triassic Chinle formation. An exploratory drilling program in 1954 consisted of 16 diamond-drill holes totaling 5,301 feet. Seven holes penetrated uranium deposits of subore grade; none encountered deposits of ore grade. (auth)