Utah · Daggett County
Occurrence

Yellow Canary

Daggett County, Utah, United States
UraniumCopper
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Description

Butler

Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formUNKNOWN
Ore controlFracture Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBrochantite, Carnotite, Malachite, Tyuyamunite
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Hyalite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Mica Schist,Amphibolite · Red Creek Quartzite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureLandslide, Local Faults
AlterationArgillitization And Sencitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10094375
MRDS IDD006283
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.93384, -109.22294
References
SRC.REF: WILMARTH, 1953, P. 6 AND 7.BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111WILMARTH, V.R., 1953, YELLOW CANARY URANIUM DEPOSITS, DAGGET CO. UT: U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR 312RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGET CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 66HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE UTAH-COL.-WYO: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 4901920 RECON BUTLER, PP 111, P. 6051953 MINEMAP WILMARTH, CIRC. 312HANSEN, 1965, GEOLOGY OF FLAMING GORGE AREA, UT-COL. WY. U.S.G.S. PP 490DOELLING, H.H., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SUR. ON SITE INVEST.