Mine detail: West End 2 Prospect

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Location: Piute County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.49164, -112.24967
dep_id: 10015715
mrds_id: DB01859
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Argillic Alteration
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Bullion Canyon Volcanics
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Red Hills Caldera
tectonic: Basin And Range Transition
References:
  • Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1967 , MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM DEPOSITS, AIME GRATON-SALES, VOL. 2 , P. 1020 - 1041 .
  • Deposit:: KERR, P. F., 1957 , THE MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM AREA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER #64 , P. 1 - 212 .
  • Deposit:: DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDE BOOK #21 .
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 .
  • Production:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
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