The Mystery Sniffer Mine, Mystery #3 is a uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,441 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,441 Feet (2,268 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.41667, -112.53333
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Mystery Sniffer Mine, Mystery #3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mystery Sniffer Mine, Mystery #3
Secondary: Frog #1
Secondary: Sniffer
Secondary: Sniffer Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Energy Fuels
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin/Plateau Transition Zone
Type: L
Description: Mt Belknap Caldera
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay, Argillite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION HAS AN AFFINITY FOR THE RHYOLITE VS THE ANDESITE PORPHYRY. ; GEOL.DESC: ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORITE, PYRITE, QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): EXPLORATION WORK BEING DONE BY ENERGY FUELS 8/79
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1005, 1954, P. 50.
Reference (Deposit): USAEC ORE RESERVE STUDY
Reference (Deposit): 3A) USGS MAP MF 202, 1961, TEXT
Reference (Deposit): 3B) UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 21, 1967, P. 117
Reference (Deposit): 3C) UTAH G & MS BULL. 79, 1966, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): 1910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB
Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, USGS BULL 620-K
Reference (Deposit): 1940 RECON USBM, PUB
Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD-MAP
Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOMAP UGMS BULL
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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