Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formELONGATE, TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Ore controlPaleo Channels, Carbonaceous Material
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Pascoite
GangueErythrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate · Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
StructureSan Rafael Swell, Temple Mountain Collaps
Tectonic settingStable Platform
AlterationBleaching In Sandstone And Mudstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10072977
MRDS IDW018720
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.6758, -110.67824
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 1239U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.1959 COMPILE U.S.A.E.C. - GUIDE BOOK1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN