Mine detail: Copper #1

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Location

Lat / long:

38.63359, -109.66764

Resource(M)

Secondary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite
Orebody form:	TABULAR - PINCH AND SWELL

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation 1
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Just To The West Of The Moab Fault
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	W027727
DEP	10078971
Reference	{Deposit:: DROULLARD, R. F., AND E. E. JONES, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYON URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO., UTAH: U.S.A.E.C. RME-406}{Reserve-Resource:: MC CARTHY, B. M. 1977}
Reporter	Mc Carthy, Blair M.