Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL OR LENTICULAR
Ore controlPlant Remains, Paleochannels
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate · Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
StructureSan Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt, Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments, Saleratus Graben.
Tectonic settingStable Platform
AlterationBleaching In Mudstones
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10071417
MRDS IDW014791
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.96553, -110.37906
References
TRIMBLE, L. M. AND H. H. DOELLING, 1976, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. (UNPUBLISHED)YOUNG, R. G. AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT MINING DISTRICT, EMERY AND GRAND CO., UTAH: USAEC RMF - 98CRAIG, L. C. AND D. D. DICKEY, 1956, JURASSIC STRATA OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLO: IAPG GUIDEBOOK, 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF. PP. 93 - 104STOKES, W. L. 1952, LOWER CRETACEOUS IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU: AAPG BULL. VOL. 36, PP. 1766 - 17761956 RECON IAPG; PAPER - 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF.1957 OTHER USAEC; UNPUBLISHED REPORT RME - 981976 OTHER UGMS; BULL. (UNPUBLISHED 1976)JENSEN, H. N., 1953 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER AREA, EMERY CO. UT.; USAEC RME - 38; MILLION I., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE OF AND INVESTIGATIONAL DRILLING FOR URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT, UTAH: USAEC RME - 102UGMS - STUDY 1973