Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Uranium, Copper, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSYNGENETIC SEDIMENT-HOSTED (NON-CARBONIFEROUS) (PENECONCORDANT, SANDSTONE)FLUVIAL SANDSTONE
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureBROAD FLUVIAL AND FLUVIO-LACUSTRINE PLAIN
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1948
Last production1984
Discovery year1904
Identification
Deposit ID60000863
MRDS IDISM0756
Alternate namesMonument Valley, Lisbon Valley, Seven Mile Canyon, San Raphael Swell, Temple Mtn.
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates36.93331, -109.884
References
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: LUTHER SMITH, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, TO H.C. GRANGER, U.S. 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. GEOLOGICAL 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.WOOD, H.B., 1968. GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES) VOLUME); NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V.1, P. 770-789.MALAN, R.C., 1968. THE URANIUM MINING INDUSTRY AND GEOLOGY OF THE MONUMENT VALLEY AND WHITE CANYON DISTRICTS, ARIZONA AND UTAH, IN RIDGE,G J.D., ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1, P. 790-804.YOUNG, R.G., 1964. DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE WHITE CANYON-MONUMENT VALLEY DISTRICT, UTAH-ARIZONA: ECON. GEOL., V. 59, P. 850-873.HUBER, G.C., 1980. STRATIGRAPHY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS, LISBON VALLEY DISTRICT, SAN JUAN COUNTRY, UTAH: QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, V. 75, NO. 2, 45 P.