Mine detail: Zelda

Previously called 'Mas 34 1020'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

37.88999, -111.10741

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uraninite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	DB00689
DEP	10015310
Reference	{Deposit:: DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. 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 DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229}{Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP USGS SP. ST. 22}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON USGS FOR USBM - MAS}{Production:: USBM - MAS 34}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.