Commodities
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR SCATTERED LOGS
Ore controlOrganic Material - Logs
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueCoal, Gypsum, Jarosite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Chinle Formation, Monitor Butte Member
StructureSan Rafael Swell (Se Flank)
Tectonic settingStable Platform
AlterationSlight Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10072968
MRDS IDW018709
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.6397, -110.74074
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 DEPOSITS 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 - 1973