Mine detail: San Juan Shaft

Previously called 'Cal Uranium'

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Location: San Juan County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.22943, -109.27347
dep_id: 10015054
mrds_id: DB00055
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Minor mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Coffinite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
orebody_fm: TABULAR-FLAT, IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Bleaching In Wall Rock
conc_proc: Precipitation In A Reducing Environment
Reporter: Jones, Harold H.
hrock_unit: Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Lisbon Valley Fault, W Flank
tectonic: Stable Platform
References:
  • Production:: UGMS STUDY 1973
  • Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1977
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