Mine detail: Marchbank Incline

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.6783, -110.67685

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Ore: Carnotite
Orebody form: ELONGATE, TABULAR
Discovery year: 1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:San Rafael Swell, Temple Mtn. Collapse
Tectonic:Stable Platform
Alteration processes:Bleaching In Sandstone And Mudstone

References

MRDSW018721
DEP10089323
Reference{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL. 1192}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL 1239}{Deposit:: 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.}{Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN}
ReporterTrimble, Larry M.