Mine detail: Cistern Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.60581, -110.81991

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1954

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation;Monitor Butte Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell, Se - W Trending Fault
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Sandstone

References

MRDS	W018779
DEP	10089345
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH, USGS BULL. 123}{Production:: UGMS STUDY 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.