Mine detail: Daisy Mine

Previously called 'Eureka MonarchDaisy Monarch Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.23329, -113.58387

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Orebody form:	TABULAR-PIPE LIKE, POD LIKE
Discovery year:	1934

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1935

Geology

Host rock:	Sevey Dolomite;Needles Range Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Normal & Thrust Faulting, Minor Folding, Extensive Igneous Activity
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Limonitization, Kaolinization, Argillite

References

MRDS	D004412
DEP	10010605
Reference	{Deposit:: DMEA-FLUORSPAR-URANIUM CONTRACT DOCKET # 2182 OCT 15, 1959}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: OPEN-FILE REPORT #22.}{Deposit:: 1954 DIREXPL TILLMAN, C.G.}{Deposit:: 1954 DIREXPL USBM, GILKEY, M.M.}{Deposit:: AEC PRESS RELEASE # 220, NOV 24, 1958}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.