The Blacks Claims is a uranium mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 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
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.30917, -111.45083
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Blacks Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blacks Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: Fremont District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Catherine Black
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs - Teasdale Anticline
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Teasdale Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS VERY WEAK AND SPOTTY
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC. 10
Comment (Workings): TWO SMALL ADITS, ONE 10 FT AND ONE 180 FT., AND ABOUT 500 FT. OF OPEN CUT RIM STRIPPING. ONE OTHER ADIT FLOODED, EXTENT UNKNOWN.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F. J., JR., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDKE, R. G., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 363 .
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, L.M., DOELLING, H.H., 1976 , UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FIELD REPORT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1978
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