Mine detail: Okemo No. 2 & 8 Uranium Occurrences

Previously called 'Unnamed'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.40439, -72.75122

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Thorium
Ore:	Uraninite
Gangue:	Graphite, Feldspar, Tourmaline, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1978

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic, Hydrothermal
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Mt. Holly Complex
Host type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Tourmaline-Biotite Schists And Tourmaline-Quartz-Microcline Pegmatites
Alteration processes:	Fe Staining

References

MRDS	W033724
DEP	10093848
Reference	{Deposit:: RATTE, C.A., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}{Deposit:: RATTE, C.A. ET AL, UNPUBLISHED FIELD MAPS OF THE OKEMO STATE FOREST.}{Deposit:: Ratte, C.A. 1984, Unpublished Map Of Okemos State Forest, Vermont.}
Reporter	McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.), L. G. Woodruff