Mine detail: Desolation Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.64415, -110.7388

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Coal, Gypsum, Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1955

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
Host type:Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:San Rafael Swell (Se Flank)
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Slight Bleaching

References

MRDSW018708
DEP10072967
Reference{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL. 1192}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT. :USGS BULL. 1239}{Deposit:: 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.}{Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C. - BULLETIN}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C. - BULLETIN}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H. 1977 UGMS ECOM. GEOL.}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.