Mine detail: Unknown

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Location

Lat / long: 38.6708, -111.00213

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Coal, Uraninite
Gangue: Gypsum, Limonite
Orebody form: SMALL IRREGULAR BODIES - LENTILS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Chinl Formation-Moss Back Member
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:West Flank San Rafael Swell, 100 Foot Displacement Fault 50 Feet North Of Portal
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching 5 Ft Into Siltstone

References

MRDSW026459
DEP10078233
ReferenceHAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968 , GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO. UT: USGS BULL. 123
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.