Mine detail: San Juan Shaft

Previously called 'Cal Uranium'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.22943, -109.27347

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Coffinite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	TABULAR-FLAT, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Lisbon Valley Fault, W Flank
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Wall Rock

References

MRDS	DB00055
DEP	10015054
Reference	{Production:: UGMS STUDY 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1977}
Reporter	Jones, Harold H.