The Big Buck Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,509 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,509 Feet (1,984 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.1875, -109.25750
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Big Buck Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Buck Mine
Secondary: Standard
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Big Indian Wash Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Atlas Minerals Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1954
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENS, PODS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Stable Platform
Type: L
Description: Thicker Portions Of Sandstone, Enriched Along Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Montroseite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINING METHOD ROOM AND PILLAR.
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY DRILLING
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC 11
References
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, H., 1978
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