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Mine detail: Paleface
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North America
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Utah
Emery
Previously called 'Red Canyon 6'
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Location
Lat / long:
38.74386, -110.96213
Resource(M)
Tertiary:
Uranium
Gangue:
Limonite
Orebody form:
BLANKET OR LENS
Discovery year:
1955
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Production size:
Small
Development status:
Past Producer
Geology
Host rock:
Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
Host type:
Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:
Nw Flank Of San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:
Stable Platform
Alteration processes:
Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone
References
MRDS
W018769
DEP
10089341
Reference
{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 123}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H., 1977}
Reporter
Doelling, Hellmut H.