The Prospector Mine is a uranium mine located in Piute county, Utah.
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Prospector Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospector Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SECONDARY MINERALS
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT'S FILE, USGS
Reference (Deposit): USAEC REPT.
Reference (Deposit): GSA SPEC. PAPER 64, KERR, 1957, P. 144-145
Reference (Deposit): 3A) WALKER AND OSTERWALD, 1963, USGS PP 455-A, P. 23
Reference (Deposit): 3B) UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 21, 1967, P. 114-119
Reference (Deposit): 3C) UTAH G & MS BULL. 79, 1966, P. 56
Reference (Deposit): 3D) UTAH G & MS BULL. 84, 1970, P. 23
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-21-1970
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