Mine detail: Joshua Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.72053, -110.96796

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Uranium
Gangue:	Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W018764
DEP	10072998
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 123}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI}{Production:: UGMS STUDY 1973}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.