The Steele Claims is a mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.45611, -111.27028
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Steele Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steele Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Kane
District: Kaiparowits Plateau/Fifty Mile Bench 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management And State Of Utah
Owner Name: Robert L. Steele
Home Office: Nephi, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Escalante Bench - Kaiparowits Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES AND PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization (Weak)
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: V2O5 0.002 - 0.005 %
Analytical Data: EU3O8 0.01 - 0.033 %
Materials
Ore: Sandstone
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A SHORT ADIT LESS THAN 50 FT. IS OPEN, SOME BULLDOZER CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS ACROSS LENGTH; THREE SANDSTONE CHANNELS, SUPERIMPOSED, ARE ANOMALOUSLY RADIOACTIVE. DIP VARIES 2 TO 5 DEG SW
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VERY LOW GRADE
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS SURVEY FIELD REPORT
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1976 , STEELE URANIUM CLAIMS NEAR CAT PASTURE, KANE CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY FIELD REPORT, 3 P.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., 1976, STEELE URANIUM CLAIMS NEAR CAT PASTURE, KANE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY FIELD REPORT, 3 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UGMS-SURVEY FIELD REPOR
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