Description
Gordon Babbel And Nicholas Murphy
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueBarite, Gypsum
Other materialsBornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Sandstone · Chinle Formation Moss Back Member
StructureMoab Fault Just To The East
Tectonic settingStable Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years.
First production1949
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10078974
MRDS IDW027731
Alternate namesDime-Shinarump, Shinarump #1, Shinarump #3, Shinarump #3, #4, Shinarump No. 4 Mine, Shinarump No. 1 Mine, Shinarump No. 3 Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.685, -109.70583
References
FINCH, W. I., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SHINARUMP NO. 1 URANIUM MINE, SEVEN MILE CANYON AREA, UTAH; USGS CIRC. 336.DROULLARD, R. F. AND E. E. JONES, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYON URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO. UTAH: USAEC RME-4066CONS. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-22-1970.MESA METAL-NONMET MINE FILEBates, C.E., 1955, Photogeologic map of the Moab-10 quadrangle, Grand County, Utah: USGS MAP I-116, scale 1:24,000. [Mine locations shown but not labeled]Garvin, R. F., compiler, 1966, Directory of mining industry of Utah 1965: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin 79, 94 p.USBM Minerals Yearbook, 1957, v. 3, p. 1119.MC CARTHY, Blair M., 1977 (US BLM, See original reporter)