Mine detail: South Jockey Spring Prospect

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.17079, -113.53498
dep_id: 10010609
mrds_id: D004417
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite, Uraninite, Uranophane
orebody_fm: TABULAR-PIPE LIKE, POD LIKE
work_type: Underground
alteration: Limonitization, Kaolinization, Argillite
conc_proc: Fault Zones
ore_ctrl: Faults
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Sevey Dolomite;Needles Range Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Basin & Range, Normal & Thrust Faulting, Minor Folding, Extensive Igneous Activity
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1935
disc_yr: 1934
discr: Fred Staats
References:
  • Deposit:: DMEA-FLUORSPAR-URANIUM CONTRACT DOCKET # 2182 OCT 15, 195
  • 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.
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