Big Buck Mine

The Big Buck Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,509 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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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