Mine detail: Blue Bird

Previously called 'Green Dragon'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.70414, -110.99213

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uraninite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
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 Sandstones And Mudstone

References

MRDS	W018772
DEP	10073002
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}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.