The Spiller Canyon Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,381 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,381 Feet (1,945 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.17194, -109.24083
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Spiller Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spiller Canyon Mine
Secondary: Giant
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Lisbon Valley Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Mat Birch
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Structure
Not available
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
Analytical Data: 3 FOOT CHIP SAMPLE, .142 % U3O8 , .045 % V2O5
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEPTH BELOW SURFACE UNKNOWN SINCE LOWER PARTS OF MINE ARE FLOODED. TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS ALSO UNKNOWN
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 13
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY DRILLING
References
Reference (Deposit): DIX, G. P. (JR.), 1954 , THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF BIG INDIAN WASH, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 4022 (REV.)
Reference (Deposit): ISACHSEN, Y. W., 1954 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG INDIAN WASH AREA, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 9 , UGA.
Reference (Deposit): WOOD, H. B., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE LISBON VALLEY AREA, UTAH, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., GRATON-SALES, NEW YORK, AIME
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978
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