Mine detail: Sunnyside-Vca Shaft Workings

Previously called 'Etta'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.49803, -112.21467

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Ore:	Fluorite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1950

Geology

Host type:	Monzonite,Granite
Associated rock:	Central Intrusive
Associated type:	Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	Bullion Fault, Cloys Fault, Seegmiller Vein, Bertleson Vein.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Transition
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration

References

MRDS	DB00555
DEP	10097962
Reference	{Deposit:: KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1967 , MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM DEPOSITS, AIME GRATON-SALES, VOL. 2 , P. 1020 - 1041 .}{Deposit:: KERR, P. F., 1957 , THE MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM AREA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER # 64 , P. 1 - 212 .}{Deposit:: DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDE BOOK # 21 .}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 .}{Production:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.