Mine detail: Dirty Devil 3 & 4

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.68441, -110.9913

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Vanadium
Gangue: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR - BLANKET
Discovery year: 1951

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1952

Geology

Host rock:Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching In Sandstone & Mudstone

References

MRDSW018760
DEP10072996
Reference{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1239}{Deposit:: REYNER, M. L., 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH, US AEC RMO-673}{Deposit:: 1950 RECON U.S.A.E.C. R.M.O.}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETIN 1239}{Production:: HAWLEY AND OTHERS, 1968}
ReporterTrimble, Larry M.