The Birch Spring Prospect is a mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.33444, -111.43361
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Birch Spring Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birch Spring Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: Henry Mountains District/Capitol Reef
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Joints In The Sandstone Trends N 10 E To N 10 W.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1952 GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE CLAY LENS CONTAIN 0.49 % U, 0.09 % V2O5 , 0.35 % CU.
Materials
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, J. F., JR. AND OTHERS, 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 363 , P. 69 .
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, J. F., JR. AND OTHERS, 1952 , PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN THE CAPITOL REEF AREA: USGS TEI-203 , P. 23 - 24 .
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