The Unknown is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,279 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: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.07167, -110.64417
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/East/Crescent Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Dennis Ekker
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: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, ROLL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Henry Mountains Basin
Type: L
Description: East Flank, East Henry Mountains Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: U3O8 - .235 % , V2O5 - 1.860
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 36
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: 18 IN. CHIP SAMPLE
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .
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 .
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP HUNT & OTHERS, PP. 228
Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON UGMS SP. ST. 22
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE L. M., 1978
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