Mine detail: Blue Lizard Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.55583, -110.2971

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Uraninite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1943

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1951

Geology

Host rock:Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
Host type:Siltstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:Paleochannels
Alteration processes:Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDSW027813
DEP10079025
Reference{Deposit:: THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNEL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD C*. UTAH, USGS BULL 112}{Deposit:: 1955 COMPILE TRITES A. F., TEI 540}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNEL T. L., BULL. 1125}{Production:: UGMS INVESTIGATION 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: JONES, H., 1977}
ReporterJones, Harold H.