The Poison Spring Group is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.10861, -110.45500
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Poison Spring Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poison Spring Group
Secondary: Cliffside Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/Orange Cliffs
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kay Hunt
Home Office: Hanksville
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
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: Orange Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: West Flank Monument Upwarp
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Brochantite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONIZED LOGS AND MINOR ASPHALTITE IN PALEOCHANNEL OF SANDSTONE, CONGLOMERATE 150 - 200 FT. WIDE, 20 FEET DEEP TRENDING N 67 E, EXPOSED SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS
Reference (Production): USBM-MAS 98
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