Mine detail: Unknown

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.88553, -110.4624

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation;Temple Mountain Member Of Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	San Rafael Swell, East San Rafael Monocline
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone

References

MRDS	W014830
DEP	10071440
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C. ET AL., 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS BULL. 1192}{Deposit:: HAWLEY AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY OF ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS BULL. 1239, 115 P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1929, GEOLOGY AND OIL AND GAS PROSPECTS OF PART OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH: USGS BULL. 806, P. 69 - 130}{Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY AND OTHERS, BULLETIN}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, ROBECK, DYER, BULLETIN}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.