Mine detail: Clifford Smith Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

39.03858, -110.72407

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium
Orebody form:	TABULAR, SCATTERED BLEBS OF URANIFEROUS ASPHALT
Discovery year:	1945

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mottled Siltstone Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	San Rafael Swell, Fractures
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDS	W015556
DEP	10071869
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 RM}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.