North Slope 2 Mine

The North Slope 2 Mine is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 4,482 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: North Slope 2 Mine

State: Utah

County: Emery

Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.94278, -110.39000

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North Slope 2 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: North Slope 2 Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Green River Desert District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Rex Powell

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL OR LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold - And Fault Belt

Type: L
Description: Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TO PALEOCHANNELS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PLANT REMAINS WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY REPLACED BY URANIUM AND/OR VANADIUM MINERALS

Comment (Location): MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECT. 33, T 21S, R 14E

Comment (Development): L60 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1957), L70 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1975 - 76)

Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS. TWO ADITS ARE IN ONE ORE BODY WITH WORKINGS CONNECTED. THE OTHER IS IN A SEPERATE BODY.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S

References

Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IAPG - PAPER - 7TH ANN FIELD CONF.

Reference (Deposit): 1957 OTHER USAEC - UNPUBLISHED REPORT RME - 98

Reference (Deposit): 1976 OTHER UGMS - BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)

Reference (Deposit): JENSEN, H. N. 1953 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA, EMERY CO., UTAH: USAEC RME - 98; MILLION, I, 1957, RECONNAISSANCE OF AND INVESTIGATIONAL DRILLING FOR URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT, UTAH: USAEC RME - 102.

Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY 1973

Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, L. M. AND H. H. DOELLING, 1976, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULLETIN (UNPUBLISHED)

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, R. G. AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT MINING DISTRICT, EMERY AND GRAND CO., UTAH: USAEC RME - 98

Reference (Deposit): CRAIG, L. C., AND D. D. DICKEY, 1956, JURASSIC STRATA OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLO.: IAPG GUIDEBOOK, 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF. PP. (93 - 104)

Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W. L., 1952, LOWER CRETACEOUS IN COLORADO PLATEAU: AAPG BULLETIN, VOL. 36 PP. 1766 - 1776

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