Mine detail: Consolidated

Previously called 'Washington Uranium'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.77497, -110.83268

Resource(M)

Secondary:	Uranium
Ore:	Coal, Uraninite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Limonite, Malachite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell Center, Fractures And Joint Zone Trending N 45 Deg W, Dipping 45 Deg To Vertical To The Se
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Slight Bleaching

References

MRDS	W015512
DEP	10089280
Reference	HAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH, : USGS BULL. 123
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.