The Snow Claims is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,308 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,308 Feet (1,618 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 40.28833, -109.15778
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Snow Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Uinta Basin 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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Snow Brothers
Home Office: Vernal And Jensen, Utah
Years: 1952 -
Owner Name: W. L. Goldston
Home Office: Houston, Tx.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Uinta Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syncline
Type: L
Description: On North Limb Of Broad, Southwest Plunging Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SANDSTONE AND CLAY GRAB SAMPLE, SNOW NO. 3 CLAIM-.025% URANIUM EQUIVALENT, .034% URANIUM.
Analytical Data: 4 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE IN SANDSTONE WITH AUTUNITE ON SNOW NO. 10 CLAIM: .016% URANIUM EQUIVALENT, .025% URANIUM, .03% V2O5
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 24
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONFINED TO 100 FT. STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL
Comment (Workings): SINGLE TRENCH
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAIG, L.C. AND OTHERS, 1980, URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL 1X2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO-UTAH: DOE PGJ(F)-026.
Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, E.A. AND ANNES, E.C. JR., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE UINTA BASIN OF COLORADO AND UTAH: AEC RME-94.
Reference (Deposit): DASCH, M.D., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH IN URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Reference (Deposit): LOVE, J.D., 1964, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATIC LAKE BEDS OF EOCENE AGE IN INTERMONTANE BASINS OF WYOMING AND UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 474-E.
Reference (Deposit): UGMS, 1974, URANIUM-VANADIUM OCCURRENCES OF UTAH: UGMS OFR-18.
Reference (Deposit): BERONI, B.P. AND MCKEOWN, F.A., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIFEROUS ROCKS IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING, AND NORTHEASTERN UTAH: AEC TEI-308.
Reference (Deposit): MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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