Mine detail: Happy Canyon Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.14971, -110.29989

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Uranium, Copper, Vanadium
Ore: Torbernite, Uraninite
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Moss Bock Member/Chinle Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:West Flank Monument Upwarp
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching

References

MRDSDB01558
DEP10088291
Reference{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .}{Deposit:: BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .}{Deposit:: 1967 RECON UGMS SP. ST. 22}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.