Mine detail: Dexter 5 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.0283, -110.71741

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1949

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:Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:San Rafael Swell, Fractures
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching In Sandstone, Mudstone

References

MRDSW015554
DEP10071868
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 COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISION RAW MATERIALS EXPLORATION REPORT 673.}{Deposit:: 1950 RECON USAEC R.M.D}{Production:: DOELLING, H.H., 1977}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.