Mine detail: Ransom South Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.77333, -109.70237

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W027381
DEP	10078766
Reference	{Deposit:: WITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MTNS. AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S., PP 453}{Deposit:: LEWIS R. Q., CAMPBELL, R. H., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF ELK RIDGE AND VICINITY, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S., PP 474 - B.}{Reserve-Resource:: JONES, H., 1977}
Reporter	Jones, Harold H.