Mine detail: Poison Spring Group

Previously called 'Cliffside Prospect'

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Location: Garfield County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.1086, -110.45572
dep_id: 10015572
mrds_id: DB01561
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Brochantite, Copper, Galena
gangue: Gypsum, Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Bleaching
conc_proc: Ground Water Solutions
ore_ctrl: Sedimentary (Fluvial) Channel
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Monitor Butte Member/Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
hrock_type: Mudstone,Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure: West Flank Monument Upwarp
tectonic: Stable Platform
disc_yr: 1951
References:
  • 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:: BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .
  • Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
  • Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS
  • Production:: USBM-MAS 98
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