Mine detail: Red Head - Lampstand

Previously called 'Torpedo Head Mas27 1007'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.98748, -111.15713

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium, Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Shinarump Member/Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp, Near Axis Of Anticline
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Moderate Bleaching

References

MRDS	DB00653
DEP	10015287
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}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.