Mine detail: Blue Bird Prospect

Previously called 'Hunts'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5608, -110.9563

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Carnotite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Chalcocite
Orebody form:	TABULAR - BLANKET
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
Host type:	Siltstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone, Sandstone

References

MRDS	W018775
DEP	10073003
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}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.