Commodities
SecondaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS SHAPED SCATTER AND IRREGULAR DEPOSITS
Ore controlCarbon Trash, Clay Galls, Located At Base Of Unit Over Less Permeable Material
Materials
Ore mineralsCoal, Uraninite
GangueGypsum, Limonite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
StructureWest Flank San Rafael Swell, Large Normal Fault 50 Feet South Of Adit With 100 Feet Of Displacement
Tectonic settingStable Platform
AlterationBleaching First 5 Feet Of Underlying Siltstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10078232
MRDS IDW026458
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.67136, -111.00213
References
HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968 , GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT: USGS BULL 1239DOELLING, H. H.