Commodities
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOrganic Material - Logs
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueCoal, Gypsum, Jarosite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSiltstone,Sandstone · Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
StructureSan Rafael Swell (Se Flank)
Tectonic settingStable Platform
AlterationSlight Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10072967
MRDS IDW018708
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.64415, -110.7388
References
HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL. 1192HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT. :USGS BULL. 12391957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C. - BULLETIN1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C. - BULLETINUGMS STUDY - 1973DOELLING, H. H. 1977 UGMS ECOM. GEOL.