Mine detail: Whirlwind Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.24806, -110.44515

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Vanadium
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW027048
DEP10078622
Reference{Deposit:: BAIN, G. W., 1952, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO PLATEAU, USAEC RMO 982 (REV.)}{Deposit:: EVENSEN C. G., AND GRAY, I. B., 1958, EVALUATION OF URANIUM ORE GUIDES, MONUMENT VALLEY, ARIZONA AND UTAH, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53, NO. 6, SEPT. - OCT. P 634 - 662.}{Deposit:: GUIDEBOOK TO URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN U.S., USAEC, 1959}{Deposit:: 1952 COMPILE USAEC RM}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977.}
ReporterTrimble, Larry M.