Mine detail: Flat Top Deposits

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Location

Lat / long:

38.68303, -110.72907

Resource(M)

Primary:	Vanadium, Uranium
Ore:	Tyuyamunite
Gangue:	Coal, Gypsum, Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1945

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation Moss Back Member
Host type:	Silt,Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Near Crest Of San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	W018710
DEP	10072969
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C. AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT EMERY CO. UT. USGS BULL. 119}{Production:: HAWLEY, C. C., 1965, USGS BULL 1192, P. 142, ITEMS DZA, G7A, P1A, P2A, UGMS STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING H. H. 1977, UGMS, ECON. GEOL.}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.