Mine detail: Eagle Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.67303, -111.00073

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Coal, Uraninite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Limonite
Orebody form:	SCATTERED LENSES AT BOTTOM OF CHANNEL SANDSTONE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	West Flank Of San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching Below Sandstones

References

MRDS	W018759
DEP	10089337
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.