Mine detail: Lost Hills Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.06027, -110.33961

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium, Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	DB01560
DEP	10088292
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}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.