Mine detail: Hertz Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.78108, -110.8363

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Gypsum, Limonite, Malachite
Orebody form: TABULAR, BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:San Rafael Swell Center
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching

References

MRDSW015511
DEP10071846
ReferenceHAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH,: USGS BULL. 123
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.