Mine detail: Rainy Day Mine

Previously called 'Mas25 1030'

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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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