Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico · San Miguel County
Past Producer

Salt Wash Deposits

San Miguel County, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, United States
SeleniumVanadiumMolybdenumUranium
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Commodities
PrimarySelenium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSYNGENETIC SEDIMENT-HOSTED (NON-CARBONIFEROUS) (PENECONCORDANT SANDSTONE-URANIUM)
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureBROAD FLUVIO-LACUSTRINE PLAIN
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Last production1984
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID60000849
MRDS IDISM0736
Alternate namesGreen River, Uravan Mineral Belt, Carrizo Lukachukai, Henry Mtns.
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates37.9333, -109.03398
References
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: LUTHER SMITH, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIN, US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; OCT, 16, 1985: COMPUTER SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, COLORADO PLATEAU V-U DEPOSITS, ORGANIZED BY HOST ROCK.WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: R. GENE CLARK, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, U.S. GEOL SURVEY, NOV 1984: INCLUDES COMPUTER SUMMARY, OF PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES, COLORADO PLATEAU V-U DEPOSITS ORGANIZED BY AREA; PREPARED BY LUTHER SMITH, DEPT. OF ENERGY.THAMM, J.K., KOVSCHAK, A.A., JR. AND ADAMS, S.S., 1981, GEOLOGY AND RECOGNITION CRITERIA FOR SANDSTONE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SALT WASH TYPE, COLORADO PLATEAU PROVINCE: US DEPT OF ENERGY, REPORT GJBX-6(81), 135 P.FISCHER, R.P., 1942, VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO AND UTAH; USGS BULL. 936-P, P. 363-394.FISCHER, R.P., 1945. CRADE DISTRIBUTION AND RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF VANADIUM AND URANIUM IN THE CARNOTITE DEPOSITS: INTERNAL USGS ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT.FISCHER, R.P., 1968, THE URANIUM AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU REGION: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967, (GRATON-SALES VOLUME=, A.I.M.E., PT. 6, CHAP. 35, P. 735-745.CHENOWETH, W.L., 1980. URANIUM IN COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGY, 1980 SYMPOSIUM, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSN. OF GEOLOGISTS, DENVER, CO P. 217-224.