Mine detail: Uneva

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.88275, -110.46406

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Uraninite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Temple Mountain Member Of Chinle Formation;Mottled Siltstone Unit Of Chinle;Moss Back Member Of Chinle
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell, East San Rafael Monocline.
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Sandstone And Mudstone

References

MRDS	W014829
DEP	10089211
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C. ET AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1192}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY OF ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS BULL. 1239, 115 P.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1929, GEOLOGY AND OIL AND GAS PROSPECTS OF PART OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH: USGS BULL. 806, P. 69 - 130.}{Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY AND OTHERS, BULLETIN}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, ROBECK, DYER, BULLETIN}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.