Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlPaleo Channels, Carbonaceous Material
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite
GangueJarosite, Limonite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
StructureSan Rafael Swell, Temple Mountain Collapse
Tectonic settingStable Platform
AlterationBleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10072976
MRDS IDW018719
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.67303, -110.67935
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. - BULLETIN