Mine detail: Yellow Paint

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Location: Garfield County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.72805, -110.68934
dep_id: 10015365
mrds_id: DB00866
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Vanadium, Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Tyuyamunite
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: LENSES, BUTTONS, PODS
work_type: Unknown
conc_proc: Ground Water Solutions
ore_ctrl: Carbon Trash
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
hrock_type: Mudstone,Sandstone
tectonic: Rocky Mtn. Unstable Foreland
References:
  • 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
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