Mine detail: East Cove

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.66082, -110.73434

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Ore: Carnotite, Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: LEASES, BUTTONS, PODS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:Rocky Mt. Unstable Foreland

References

MRDSDB00864
DEP10088167
Reference{Deposit:: HUNT, C. B., 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGIONS, UTAH: USGS PROF. 228 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, HELMUT H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, HELMUT H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 22 .}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MA}{Production:: USBM - MAS 112}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.