Mine detail: Cancer Cure #1 Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

38.88108, -110.7288

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	SCATTERED PODS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Monitor Butte Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	W015497
DEP	10071841
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239}{Deposit:: REYNER, M.L. 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT. USAEC RMO 673}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.