Mine detail: Cedar Point Group

Previously called 'Poison Springs 1 and 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07971, -110.41489

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper, Vanadium
Ore:	Malachite, Torbernite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Limonite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Monitor Butte Member/Chinle Formation;Moenkopi Formation
Host type:	Mudstone
Structure:	West Flank Monument Upwarp
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching

References

MRDS	DB01563
DEP	10098004
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , P. 98}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .}{Deposit:: BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .}{Deposit:: 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS}{Production:: USBM-MAS 92}
Reporter	Doelling, Hellmut H.