Mine detail: Black Mountain

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Location: Garfield County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.89832, -110.58683
dep_id: 10015253
mrds_id: DB00586
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Tyuyamunite
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Precipitated From Ground Water
ore_ctrl: Disseminated Carbon Trash In Sandstone Lens
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Henry Mountains Basin, Joining Of Little Rockies Syncline And East Henry Mountains Syncline
tectonic: Stable Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: HUNT, C. B. AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 228 .
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 107 .
  • Deposit:: BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS, 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC RMO-912 , 7 P.
  • Deposit:: 1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C
  • Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
  • Reserve-Resource:: UGMS FILES
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