Description
Atlas Minerals
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL, LENTICULAR
Ore controlPlant Remains, Paleochannels
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueCalcite, Limonite
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 Mudstone And Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1973
Discovery year1972
Identification
Deposit ID10071419
MRDS IDW014794
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.97164, -110.35906
References
TRIMBLE, L. M. AND H. H. DOELLING, 1976, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)YOUNG, R. G. AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESER MINING DISTRICT, EMERY AND GRAND CO., UTAH: USAEC RME - 98CRAIG, L. C., AND D. D. DICKEY, 1956, JURASSIC STRATA OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLO.: IAPG GUIDEBOOK, 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF. PP. (93 - 104)STOKES, W. L., 1952, LOWER CRETACEOUS IN COLORADO PLATEAU: AAPG BULLETIN, VOL. 36 PP. 1766 - 17761956 RECON IAPG - PAPER - 7TH ANN FIELD CONF.1957 OTHER USAEC - UNPUBLISHED REPORT RME - 981976 OTHER UGMS - BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)JENSEN, H. N. 1953 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA, EMERY CO., UTAH: USAEC RME - 98; MILLION, I, 1957, RECONNAISSANCE OF AND INVESTIGATIONAL DRILLING FOR URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT, UTAH: USAEC RME - 102.UTAH STATE TAX TABLES - 1974