Mine detail: Camp Bird 12 Group of Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

38.6683, -110.68296

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite
Gangue:	Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1945

Geology

Host rock:	Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	San Rafael Swell, Temple Mtn. Collapse, East Striking Faults, Northwest, Striking Faults
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Sandstone & Mudstone

References

MRDS	W018715
DEP	10105917
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL. 1192}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL 1239}{Deposit:: 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C. TEI REPORT}{Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.