Mine detail: Calyx 3 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.67691, -110.67435

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Ore: Carnotite, Coffinite
Orebody form: ELONGATE TABULAR
Discovery year: 1951

Production

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

Geology

Structure:San Rafael Swell, Temple Mountain Collapse
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching In Sandstone, Mudstone

References

MRDSW018749
DEP10072990
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 DEPOSITS 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}
ReporterTrimble, Larry M.