Mine detail: Rabbit #1 Mine

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Location: Emery County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.88858, -110.38212
dep_id: 10071407
mrds_id: W014780
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Minor mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Tyuyamunite
gangue: Limonite
work_type: Surface
alteration: Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone
conc_proc: Primary Ore Minerals Precipitated In A Reducing Environment
ore_ctrl: Plant Remains Particularly Logs
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_unit: Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold - And Fault Belt, Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments
tectonic: Stable Platform
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: TRIMBLE, L. M. AND H. H. DOELLING, 1976, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)
  • Deposit:: YOUNG, R. G. AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT MINING DISTRICT, EMERY AND GRAND CO., UTAH: USAEC RME - 98
  • Deposit:: CRAIG, L. C., AND D. D. DICKEY, 1956, JURASSIC STRATA OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLO.: IAPG GUIDEBOOK, 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF. PP. (93 - 104)
  • Deposit:: STOKES, W. L., 1952, LOWER CRETACEOUS IN COLORADO PLATEAU: AAPG BULLETIN, VOL. 36 PP. 1766 - 1776
  • Deposit:: 1956 RECON IAPG - PAPER - 7TH ANN FIELD CONF.
  • Deposit:: 1957 OTHER USAEC - UNPUBLISHED REPORT RME - 98
  • Deposit:: JENSEN, H. N. 1953 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA, EMERY CO., UTAH: USAEC RME - 98; MILLION, I, 1957, RECONNAISSANCE OF AND INVESTIGATIONAL DRILLING FOR URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT, UTAH: USAEC RME - 102.
  • Deposit:: 1976 OTHER UGMS - BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)
  • Production:: UGMS STUDY 1973
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