Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL, TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Ore controlPlant Remains, Paleochannels
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Montroseite, 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 Mudstone And Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10071426
MRDS IDW014804
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.98053, -110.36795
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. BULL. (UNPUBLISHED)YOUNG, R. G. AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT MINING DISTRICT, EMERY AND GRAND CO., UTAH: USAEC RME - 98CRAIG, L. C., AND D. D. DICKEY,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 ANNUAL FIELD CONF. PP. 93 - 104STOKES, W. L., 1952, LOWER CRETACEOUS IN COLORADO PLATEAU: AAPG BULLETIN, VOL. 36 PP. 1766 - 17761956 RECON IAPG - 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 FIELD CONF.1957 OTHER USAEC - UNPUBLISHED REPORT RME - 981976 OTHER UGMS - BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)JENSEN, H. N., 1953, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER AREA, EMERY CO., UT.: USAFC RME - 38, MILLION, I., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE OF AND INVESTIGATIONAL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