Mine detail: Cross Bow

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.7383, -110.97018

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Uraninite
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
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching In Sandstone & Mudstone

References

MRDSW018767
DEP10073000
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., BULLETIN}{Deposit:: TERRA WEST CORP. REPORT ON CONRAD, CROSSBOW, HILLTOP CLAIMS, DATE UNKNOWN}{Production:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
ReporterTrimble, Larry M.