The Leed's Uranium Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,560 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,560 Feet (1,085 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.24222, -113.35722
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Leed's Uranium Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leed's Uranium Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Harrisburg District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Two Ne Trending Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1951 SHIPPING ORE ASSAY 0.25 % U3O8 , AND 1.44 % V205
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE OPEN CUT IS IN VERY FINE - GRAIN YELLOWISH SANDSTONE.
Comment (Commodity): CARNOTITE COATS CASTS OF FOSSIL PLANTS IN CARBONACEOUS SHALE.
Comment (Workings): AN OPEN CUT AND THREE SMALL PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STUGARD, F., JR, 1953 , PHYS EXPL FOR URANIUM DURING 1951 IN SILVER REEF DISTRICT: USGS TRACE ELEM INV. REPT 254 , P. 22 - 24
Reference (Deposit): DASCH, D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE & W. UTAH: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #21 , P. 118
Reference (Production): STUGARD, 1951
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