Mine detail: Little Erma No. 2 Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.63358, -110.77046

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Coal, Jarosite, Limonite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Clay, Gypsum
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1950

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Mottled Sandstone Member
Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	Se Flank Of San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	1 Foot Of Bleaching Below Channel

References

MRDS	W018754
DEP	10089335
Reference	HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 123
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.