Mine detail: Posey Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.54056, -110.28682

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Antlerite, Malachite, Torbernite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Zippeite
Orebody form:	TABULAR/BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W027810
DEP	10079023
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}{Reserve-Resource:: JONES, H., 1977}
Reporter	Jones, Harold H.