Mine detail: Laveta Mine

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Location: Sevier County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.5233, -112.18106
dep_id: 10097987
mrds_id: DB01151
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Torbernite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
gangue: Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Argillic, Silicification, Alunitic
conc_proc: Hydrothermal, Mineral Deposition By Heated Ascending Solutions
ore_ctrl: Lithology, Faults
Reporter: Trimble, Larry M.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_unit: Latite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Red Hills Caldera
tectonic: Basin And Range Transition
References:
  • TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 .
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