Mine detail: Big Bluff

Previously called 'Pickett'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.59056, -109.17874

Resource(M)

Primary: Vanadium, Uranium
Ore: Carnotite, Roscoelite
Orebody form: LENS

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW027420
DEP10078797
Reference{Deposit:: HUFF, L. C., LESURE, F. G., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UT., USGS BULL. 1190 , 102 P}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1873}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
ReporterTrimble, Larry M.