The K O Claims is a uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,051 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,051 Feet (2,149 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.3625, -112.53306
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K O Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: K O Claims
Secondary: U-Beva Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
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
Ownership
Not available
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: S
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin/Plateau Transition Zone
Type: L
Description: Local Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS DROPED/NO PROOF SINCE 67
Comment (Workings): SMALL DOZER CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF 202, 1961, BEAVER QUAD, TEXT.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1970
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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