Mine detail: U3o8 Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 38.43442, -110.96907

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Vanadium
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:Caineville Reef
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDSDB01551
DEP10088289
ReferenceTRIMBLE, LARRY, 1978 .
ReporterTrimble, Larry M.