Mine detail: Sneaky-Silver Falls

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Location: Garfield County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.73193, -111.09602
dep_id: 10015505
mrds_id: DB01333
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Copper, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Torbernite
orebody_fm: LENSES
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Ground Water Solutions
ore_ctrl: Carbon Trash
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Shinarump Member/Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
hrock_type: Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure: Sw Flank Circle Cliffs Anticline
tectonic: Stable Platform
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: DOELLING, H. H., 1967
  • 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 MINERALOG. SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES 22 .
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
  • Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
  • Deposit:: 1967 RECON DAVIDSON BULL. 1229
  • Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS
  • Deposit:: 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107
  • Production:: USBM-MAS 54
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