Mine detail: Hideout Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.65778, -110.00654

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Copper, Vanadium
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Torbernite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Zippeite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1948

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1949

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member;Monitor Butte Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDS	W027662
DEP	10089605
Reference	{Deposit:: THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY ANDORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S. BULL. 1125.}{Deposit:: FINNELL, T. L., AND GAZDIK, W. B., 1958 , STRUCTURAL RELATIONS AT THE HIDEOUT NO. 1 URANIUM MINE, DEER FLAT AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53 , PP. 949}{Deposit:: FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FALT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO. UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1132.}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.