Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Mica
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Tectonic settingStable Platform
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1956
Identification
Deposit ID10079043
MRDS IDW027855
Alternate namesProtection Forked Canyon, Fraction, U.S. Treasury, Chapparal, Jessie Bolsey, White Fawn 1 & 2, Inspiration, And Others, Includes: Yellow Circle 1 - 7, Primero, Exchecquer, Maybe
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39943, -109.36736
References
PHOENIX, D. A., 1958 , G.S.A. BULLETIN VOL. 69 , P. 403 - 417FARROW, C. E. AND OTHERS, 1955 , USAEC REPORT RME #58HULEATT, W. P., S. W. HAZEN AND W. M. TRARER JR., 1946 , USBM RI #3930UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FILESLEE PERRY 1977