Mine detail: Del Monte Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 37.78082, -110.65379

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Vanadium
Ore: Carnotite, Roscoelite
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR/LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:Henry Mtns. Basin, South Flank Little Rockies Syncline
Tectonic:Stable Platform

References

MRDSDB00603
DEP10088104
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967}{Deposit:: HUNT AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MTNS. REGION, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .}{Deposit:: 1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C}{Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22}{Production:: USBM - MAS 129}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.