Mine detail: Staats Monarch Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.24829, -113.5822

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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	D004413
DEP	10010606
Reference	{Deposit:: DMEA-FLUORSPAR-URANIUM CONTRACT DOCKET # 2182 OCT 15, 1959}{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.}{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.