Mine detail: Dalton Group

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Location

Lat / long:

39.03636, -110.70352

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1945

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1950

Geology

Host rock:	Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell, Fractures
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone, Sandstone

References

MRDS	W015552
DEP	10071866
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT. USGS BULL. 123}{Deposit:: 1950 RECON USAEC RMO 67}{Production:: UGMS FILES FROM TAX RECORDS}{Reserve-Resource:: H.H. DOELLING, 1977}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.