The Desolation Mine is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,659 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,659 Feet (1,725 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.64417, -110.73806
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Desolation Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desolation Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Temple Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: San Rafael Swell
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell (Se Flank)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Coal
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVE PETRIFIED AND COALY WOOD
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4 OF SEC 7, T 25S, R 11E
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SMALL STOCKPILE ORE DEPOSIT; A FEW MINERALIZED LOGS EXPOSED IN WORKINGS.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: REMOTE AREA, PROBABLY LOW GRADE
Comment (Workings): TOTAL: THREE SMALL ADITS
Comment (Geology): SANDSTONE THIN TO MED BEDDED; LENTICULAR, SLOPE FORMING.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL. 1192
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT. :USGS BULL. 1239
Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.
Reference (Deposit): 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C. - BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C. - BULLETIN
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H. 1977 UGMS ECOM. GEOL.
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