Mine detail: Rain Bow

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Location

Lat / long:

38.67136, -111.00213

Resource(M)

Secondary:	Uranium
Ore:	Coal, Uraninite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Limonite, Malachite
Orebody form:	LENS SHAPED SCATTER AND IRREGULAR DEPOSITS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	West Flank San Rafael Swell, Large Normal Fault 50 Feet South Of Adit With 100 Feet Of Displacement
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching First 5 Feet Of Underlying Siltstone

References

MRDS	W026458
DEP	10078232
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968 , GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT: USGS BULL 123}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H.}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.