Mine detail: Yellow Paint

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.72805, -110.68934

Resource(M)

Primary: Vanadium, Uranium
Ore: Carnotite, Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: LENSES, BUTTONS, PODS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:Rocky Mtn. Unstable Foreland

References

MRDSDB00866
DEP10015365
Reference{Deposit:: HUNT, C. B., 1953 , GEOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 228 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, HELLMUT H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, HELLMUT H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 107 .}{Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS}{Production:: USBM-MAS 114}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.