Mine detail: Big Chief

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Location

Lat / long:

38.66886, -110.99991

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Coal, Gypsum, Limonite
Orebody form:	SCATTERED LENTILS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
Host type:	Conglomerate
Structure:	West Flank Of San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Limonitization Around Lentils

References

MRDS	W018758
DEP	10072995
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 123}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H., 1977}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.