Mine detail: Thornburg Memorial Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.69387, -109.70793

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Copper
Orebody form:	TABULAR - PINCH-SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Moab Fault Just To The East
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	W027730
DEP	10107353
Reference	DROULLARD, R. F., AND E. E. JONES, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYON URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO., UTAH: U.S.A.E.C. RME-406
Reporter	Mc Carthy, Blair M.