Blue Goose

The Blue Goose is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 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

Name: Blue Goose  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.90667, -111.22417

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Blue Goose MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Goose
Secondary: Mas 5 1021


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District


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: Rawlins Blackburn


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: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp

Type: L
Description: West Flank


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Moderate Bleaching


Rocks

Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Torbernite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Deposit): NEAR CENTER OF SHALLOW BUT WIDE NW-TRENDING CHANNEL

Comment (Workings): ADIT 60 FT. IN LENGTH

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION AT OR JUST ABOVE MOENKOPI-SHINARUMP CONTACT.


References

Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229

Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 5

Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 1229 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .


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