The Desert Moon is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.96556, -110.37833
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Desert Moon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Moon
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: Atlas Minerals Corp.
Owner Name: E. E. And Associates
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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, Saleratus Graben.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstones
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 28, T 215, R 14E
Comment (Development): L60 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1957) L70 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1975 - 76)
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS LARGELY CONFINED TO PALEOCHANNELS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PLANT REMAINS WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY REPLACED BY URANIUM AND/OR VANADIUM MINERALS.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS ELONGATE ALONG A PALEOCHANNEL DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, R. G. AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT MINING DISTRICT, EMERY AND GRAND CO., UTAH: USAEC RMF - 98
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, L. M. AND H. H. DOELLING, 1976, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. (UNPUBLISHED)
Reference (Deposit): 1976 OTHER UGMS; BULL. (UNPUBLISHED 1976)
Reference (Deposit): JENSEN, H. N., 1953 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER AREA, EMERY CO. UT.; USAEC RME - 38; 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): STOKES, W. L. 1952, LOWER CRETACEOUS IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU: AAPG BULL. VOL. 36, PP. 1766 - 1776
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IAPG; PAPER - 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF.
Reference (Deposit): 1957 OTHER USAEC; UNPUBLISHED REPORT 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
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