Mine detail: Canary Big Fault

Previously called 'Operated and Shipped As Part of Monte Cristo Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.48192, -109.60098

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Uraninite
Orebody form:	LINEAR, IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Cutler Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	E. Flank Cane Creek Anticline, N 40 Deg W Trending Fault
Tectonic:	Paradox Fold And Fault Belt
Alteration processes:	Slight Bleaching

References

MRDS	W027892
DEP	10079064
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: SAMPLE H26 - 1 FT. CHIP ACCROSS FAULT GOUGE, 50 FT. IN FROM PORTAL SE RIB}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H.}
Reporter	Jones, Harold H.