Mine detail: Buckhorn Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.09636, -110.67296

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W015557
DEP	10071870
Reference	HAWLEY, C.C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL 123
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.