Location: | Garfield County, Utah, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.80777, -111.0213 |
dep_id: | 10015284 |
mrds_id: | DB00650 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Uranium |
Trace mineral: | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Cobalt |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Erythrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Torbernite, Uraninite |
gangue: | Gypsum, Jarosite, Marcasite, Pyrite |
orebody_fm: | POD |
work_type: | Underground |
ore_ctrl: | Lithology |
Reporter: | Doelling, Hellmut H. |
hrock_unit: | Moenkopi Formation;Shinarump Member/Chinle Formation |
hrock_type: | Siltstone,Sandstone |
Structure: | Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp, East Flank Of Anticline |
tectonic: | Stable Platform |
Year first produced: | 1954 |
References: |
- Deposit:: DAVIDSON, E. S., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE RAINY DAY URANIUM MINE, GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: ECON. GEOL., V. 54 , P. 436 - 448 .
- 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:: 1959 MINEMAP DAVIDSON, ECON GEOL. V. 54 , P. 436 - 448
- Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229
- Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
- Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
- Production:: USBM - MAS 25
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