Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryCopper, Vanadium, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlSedimentary (Fluvial) Channel
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Galena, Torbernite, Uraninite
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate · Monitor Butte Member/Chinle Formation
StructureWest Flank Monument Upwarp
Tectonic settingStable Platform
AlterationBleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10015571
MRDS IDDB01559
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.11138, -110.31405
References
DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .1967 RECON UGMS SP. ST. 221973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MASUSBM-MAS 96