Mine detail: Skyline Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.02084, -110.24404

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Carnotite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Torbernite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Orebody form:	LENS, TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1948

Geology

Host rock:	Shinarump Member Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Sandstone

References

MRDS	W026957
DEP	10078569
Reference	{Deposit:: BAIN, G.W., 1952 , URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: USAEC RMO-982 (REV.}{Deposit:: 1950 RECON USAEC RMO 98}{Production:: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY STUDY, 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.