Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS, POD
Ore controlPaleochannels, Carbonized Wood
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite, Zippeite
GangueAlunite, Chalcopyrite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Lepidocrocite, Malachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockClaystone,Sandstone · Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
StructureWater Pocket Fold
Tectonic settingStable Platform
AlterationBleaching, Alunitization Of Claystone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10015329
MRDS IDDB00745
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.25942, -111.23131
References
SMITH, F. J., JR., HINRICHS, E. N., LUEDKE, R. G., 1952 , PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE CO., UTAH: USGS TEI 203 , P. 22 .WYANT DONALD G., BERONI ERNEST P., AND GRANGER HARRY C., 1952 , SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONES: USGS CIRCULAR 220 , P. 26 - 29 .GRUNER, J. W., GARDINER LYNN, 1952 , MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND ADJACENT REGIONS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SHINARUMP FORMATION: USAEC RMO 566 , P. 21 - 22 .KELLER, W. D., 1959 , CLAY MINERALS IN THE MUDSTONES OF THE ORE-BEARING FORMATIONS, IN GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU URANIUM ORES: USGS PROF. PAPER 320 , P. 113 - 119 .SMITH, F.J., JR., HUFF, L.C., HINRICHS, N.E., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 363, 102 P.1952 COMPILE SMITH AND OTHERS - TEI1952 RECON GRUNER J. W. AND OTHERS - RMO1952 RECON WYANT AND OTHERS - CIRCULAR1959 RECON KELLER, W. D., - PROF. PAPERTRIMBLE L. M., 1978