Mine detail: Basin # 1 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.59472, -109.5868

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Vanadium
Ore: Montroseite, Pascoite, Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Galena
Orebody form: IRREGULAR TABULAR, LENS
Discovery year: 1951

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 Mudstone, Sandstone

References

MRDSW027437
DEP10078809
Reference{Deposit:: DODD, P. H., 1956 , EXAMPLES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU; USGS PP 300 , P 243 - 262}{Deposit:: PITMAN, R. K., 1958 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD WASH MINING AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH; USAEC RME 109}{Deposit:: STOKES, W. L., 1954 , RELATION OF SEDIMENTARY TRENDS, TECTONIC FEATURES, AND ORE DEPOSITS IN THE BLANDING DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 3093 ( PT. 1 )}{Production:: UGMS: STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
ReporterTrimble, Larry M.