Mine detail: Blue Goose

Previously called 'Mas 5 1021'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.90665, -111.22491

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Malachite, Torbernite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Shinarump Member-Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
Host type:Claystone,Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp, West Flank
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Moderate Bleaching

References

MRDSDB00590
DEP10015255
Reference{Deposit:: DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 1229 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229}{Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS}{Production:: USBM - MAS 5}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.