Mine detail: Big Buck Mine

Previously called 'Standard'

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Location: San Juan County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.18749, -109.25819
dep_id: 10015059
mrds_id: DB00061
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Vanadium, Uranium
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Malachite, Montroseite, Uraninite
gangue: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, LENS, PODS, IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Precipitation In Reducing Environment
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_unit: Cutler Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Stable Platform, Thicker Portions Of Sandstone, Enriched Along Fractures
Year first produced: 1955
disc_yr: 1954
discr: Standard Uranium Corp.
References:
  • Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973
  • Reserve-Resource:: JONES, H., 1978
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