Mine detail: Apex Prospect

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Location: Emery County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.76691, -110.92768
dep_id: 10042249
mrds_id: M058676
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: LENSE
conc_proc: Groundwater Solutions
ore_ctrl: Channels
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Chinle
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: San Rafael Anticline
tectonic: Stable Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239, 115 P.
  • Deposit:: LUPE, R.D., AND OTHERS, 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, SALINA QUADRANGLE, UTAH: DOE PGJ/F-053(82).
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, P.L., AND HACKMAN, R.J., 1971, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SALINA QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP I-591.
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