Mine detail: Salt Wash Deposits

Previously called 'Henry Mtns.Carrizo LukachukaiUravan Mineral BeltGreen River'

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Location: San Miguel County, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.9333, -109.03398
dep_id: 60000849
mrds_id: ISM0736
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Selenium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: SYNGENETIC SEDIMENT-HOSTED (NON-CARBONIFEROUS) (PENECONCORDANT SANDSTONE-URANIUM)
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
Structure: BROAD FLUVIO-LACUSTRINE PLAIN
yfp_ba: >
Year first produced: 1900
yr_lst_prd: 1984
disc_yr: 1899
References:
  • Deposit:: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: LUTHER SMITH, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIN, US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; OCT, 16, 1985: COMPUTER SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, COLORADO PLATEAU V-U DEPOSITS, ORGANIZED BY HOST ROCK.
  • Deposit:: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: R. GENE CLARK, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, U.S. GEOL SURVEY, NOV 1984: INCLUDES COMPUTER SUMMARY, OF PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, COLORADO PLATEAU V-U DEPOSITS ORGANIZED BY AREA; PREPARED BY LUTHER SMITH, DEPT. OF ENERGY.
  • Deposit:: THAMM, J.K., KOVSCHAK, A.A., JR. AND ADAMS, S.S., 1981, GEOLOGY AND RECOGNITION CRITERIA FOR SANDSTONE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SALT WASH TYPE, COLORADO PLATEAU PROVINCE: US DEPT OF ENERGY, REPORT GJBX-6(81), 135 P.
  • Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., 1942, VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO AND UTAH; USGS BULL. 936-P, P. 363-394.
  • Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., 1945. CRADE DISTRIBUTION AND RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF VANADIUM AND URANIUM IN THE CARNOTITE DEPOSITS: INTERNAL USGS ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT.
  • Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., 1968, THE URANIUM AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU REGION: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967, (GRATON-SALES VOLUME=, A.I.M.E., PT. 6, CHAP. 35, P. 735-745.
  • Deposit:: CHENOWETH, W.L., 1980. URANIUM IN COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGY, 1980 SYMPOSIUM, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSN. OF GEOLOGISTS, DENVER, CO P. 217-224.
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