Mine detail: Green Dragon No. 3

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Location

Lat / long:

38.70164, -110.99852

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Malachite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation-Mottled Siltstone Member
Host type:	Mudstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDS	W018773
DEP	10096420
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1239}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.