Mine detail: Pot 5 Mine

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Location: San Juan County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.10943, -109.2143
dep_id: 10015069
mrds_id: DB00073
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Mica
orebody_fm: ROLL
work_type: Underground
alteration: Bleaching In Mudstone
ore_ctrl: Paleochannels
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_unit: Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
hrock_type: Mudstone,Sandstone
tectonic: Stable Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: DIX, G. P. (JR.), 1954 , THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF BIG INDIAN WASH, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 4022 (REV.)
  • Deposit:: ISACHSEN, Y. W., 1954 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG INDIAN WASH AREA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 9 , UGA.
  • Deposit:: WOOD, H. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., GRATON-SALES, NEW YORK, AIME
  • Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
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