The Oyler Mine is a uranium mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.25944, -111.23056
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Oyler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oyler Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: Fremont District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
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 - Teasdale Anticline
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS, POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Water Pocket Fold
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Alunitization Of Claystone
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Zippeite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Lepidocrocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINE CLOSED BY N.P.S. RESERVE IS ESTIMATE.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 26
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F. J., JR., HINRICHS, E. N., LUEDKE, R. G., 1952 , PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE CO., UTAH: USGS TEI 203 , P. 22 .
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON WYANT AND OTHERS - CIRCULAR
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON KELLER, W. D., - PROF. PAPER
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE L. M., 1978
Reference (Deposit): WYANT DONALD G., BERONI ERNEST P., AND GRANGER HARRY C., 1952 , SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONES: USGS CIRCULAR 220 , P. 26 - 29 .
Reference (Deposit): GRUNER, J. W., GARDINER LYNN, 1952 , MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND ADJACENT REGIONS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SHINARUMP FORMATION: USAEC RMO 566 , P. 21 - 22 .
Reference (Deposit): KELLER, W. D., 1959 , CLAY MINERALS IN THE MUDSTONES OF THE ORE-BEARING FORMATIONS, IN GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU URANIUM ORES: USGS PROF. PAPER 320 , P. 113 - 119 .
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F.J., JR., HUFF, L.C., HINRICHS, N.E., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 363, 102 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 COMPILE SMITH AND OTHERS - TEI
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON GRUNER J. W. AND OTHERS - RMO
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