The Rats Nest is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.78083, -110.65944
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Rats Nest MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rats Nest
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./South/Del Monte
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Prospectors, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Henry Mtns. Basin
Type: L
Description: South Flank Little Rockies Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): HAS POTENTIAL (AREA OF FAVORABLE GROUND)
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED SECTIONS
Comment (Workings): COYOTE HOLES
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS, 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC. RMO-912 , 7 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C
Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS - SP. ST. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM MAS
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B. AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY P. 228 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
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