The Betty Jack is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.745, -110.98639
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Betty Jack MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Betty Jack
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/Circle Cliffs
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Federal Uranium Corp.
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Waterpocket Fold
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Waterpocket Fold
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CRAB SAMPLE = 1.58 PERCENT U3O8
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Production): RECORD MAYBE INCOMPLETE
Comment (Workings): 125 - FT INCLINE AND 70 FT. OF CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Deposit): NO CHANNELING IS APPARENT
References
Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS
Reference (Production): USBM-MAS 61
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, 1967 , P. 85 - 86
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