Mine detail: Brown Dog Claims

Previously called 'Chute Canyon Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.62776, -110.75213

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Uranium
Gangue: Coal, Gypsum, Jarosite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:San Rafael Swell, Se Flank
Tectonic:Stable Platform

References

MRDSW018753
DEP10072993
ReferenceHAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 123
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.