Mine detail: Block Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.80441, -110.7413

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Jarosite, 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:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Fractures

References

MRDS	W015502
DEP	10071844
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	Mc Carthy, Blair M.