Mine detail: Tenderfoot

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.64166, -111.07713

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Malachite, Torbernite
Orebody form: LENSES

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Shinarump Member/Chinle Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:Sw Flank Circle Cliffs Anticline
Tectonic:Stable Platform

References

MRDSDB01334
DEP10015506
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 MINERALOG. SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MA}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.