Mine detail: Paleface

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

MRDSW018769
DEP10089341
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}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.