Mine detail: Payday

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Location

Lat / long:

37.78861, -109.76848

Resource(M)

Primary:	Vanadium, Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W027385
DEP	10078769
Reference	{Deposit:: LEWIS, R. Q., AND CAMPBELL, R. H., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF ELK RIDGE AND VICINITY, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, USGS P.P. 474 - B.}{Deposit:: LAVERTY, R. A., AND GROSS, E. B., 1956, PARAGENETIC STUDIES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, U. S. G. S. BULL. 300, P. 195 - 201.}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
Reporter	Jones, Harold H.