Mine detail: Sheets Gulch Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.11609, -111.1838

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Water Pocket Fold
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDS	DB00757
DEP	10088139
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, F. J., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDKE, R. G., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH; USGS PROF. PAPER 363}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE SMITH, F. J., ETAL, PROF. PAPE}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.