The Pandora is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 7,041 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,041 Feet (2,146 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.30944, -109.22028
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Pandora MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pandora
Secondary: Pandora Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Paradox District, La Sal 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Atlas Minerals Corp.
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1974
Owner Name: Union Carbide
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Montroseite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE ACTIVE. WORKINGS NOT VISITED
Comment (Orebody): Copied from deleted record 10276803: Area: .4 HA Length: 0 M Width: 0 M Depth to Top: 152 M Thickness: 1.5 M Strike: N70E Dip: 02S Type of Orebody #1 : REPLACEMENT Shape of Orebody #1 : TABULAR Primary mode of Origin : OTHER Primary Ore Control : LITHOLOGY Degree of Wallrock Alter. : UNKNOWN Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : UNKNOWN Strike And Dip : N70E:02S Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. : 1.8 Total Surface Area (HA) : .4 Date of Last Modification : 780213
Comment (Workings): copied from deleted record 10276803: Type of Workings: Underground Depth: 137 M Additional Information: MAS Development Schedule #: 1 Mining Record # : 1 Status of Mining Method : PROPOSED Mining Method : ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34 Swell Factor : .73 Hardness of Rock : SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER Rock Characteristics : ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES Rock Support Chars. : SUPPORTING Mine Support Chars. : TIMBER Capacity Units : MT COMMOD/DAY Units of Production : $/MT COMMOD Year of Information : 1974
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): USGM STUDY 1973
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY, 1973
Reference (Production): USBM PROD TABS (WASH).
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