Mine detail: West Cliffhouse # 8

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Location

Lat / long:

37.65806, -109.16818

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite, Pascoite, Roscoelite
Orebody form:	ROLL, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1940

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Sandstone

References

MRDS	W027418
DEP	10078795
Reference	{Deposit:: HUFF, L. C., AND LESURE, F. G., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U. S. G. S. BULLETIN 119}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.