The Yellow Paint is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 4,961 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,961 Feet (1,512 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.72806, -110.68861
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Yellow Paint MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Paint
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/South/Shootaring
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Climax Uranium Co.
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: 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: LENSES, BUTTONS, PODS
Structure
Not available
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
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NEAR BASE OF SALT WASH
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS AND DRIFTS
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 34 T 35 S, R 11 E
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., 1953 , GEOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 228 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, HELLMUT H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, HELLMUT H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS
Reference (Production): USBM-MAS 114
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