Mine detail: Uracop - Sunrise

Previously called 'B and IScenic Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.74499, -110.28571

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W027669
DEP	10078943
Reference	{Deposit:: THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD C *., UTAH, USGS BULL 112}{Production:: UGMS INVESTIGATION 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE L. M., 1977.}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.