The Blue Tail Fly is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.20278, -111.08222
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Blue Tail Fly MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Tail Fly
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: Notom 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: Green Hornet Mining
Owner Name: Roy Sturgis, Jay Mckinney
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: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Waterpocket Fold
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1 ADIT CAVED NUMEROUS SMALL SURFACE WORKINGS SHOWING NO MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 18 ; NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 17
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 20 TONS IN STOCKPILE
Comment (Deposit): ADIT CAVED. DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNKNOWN. LENGTH AND WIDTH TAKEN FROM AREAS OF SURFACE CUTS AND EXPLORATION.
References
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY, 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978
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