Mine detail: Rio Algom

Previously called 'Lisbon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.26582, -109.28652

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Coffinite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite
Orebody form:	TABULAR BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation, Moss Back Member
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	Lisbon Valley Fault, Lisbon Valley Anticline, Local Fault With Up To 60 Ft. Displacement
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	W027831
DEP	10089651
Reference	UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY INVESTIGATION, 1973
Reporter	Perry, Lee I.