Utah · Emery County
Occurrence

Rock Island Group

Emery County, Utah, United States
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlHottest Material Seems Concentrated In Siltstone At Contact With Overlying Channel
Materials
GangueCalcite, Jarosite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
StructureSan Rafael Swell
Tectonic settingSan Rafael Swell
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088780
MRDS IDM058683
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.36441, -110.47213
References
CAMPBELL, J.A., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, PRICE QUADRANGLE, UTAH: DOE PGJ/F-055 (82)UGMS, 1974, UTAH URANIUM AND VANADIUM: UGMS REPORT 19.ORKILD, P.P., 1955, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODSIDE-5 QUADRANGLE, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS MAP I-5.SABLE, V.H., 1955, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODSIDE-4 QUADRANGLE, EMERY AND CARBON COUNTIES: USGS MAP I-110.