The Atco Mine is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,121 Feet (1,561 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.74083, -110.56222
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Atco Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atco Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Temple Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coal
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OUTCROP HAS BEEN BORED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS TO THE EAST OF THE MINE
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC 12
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 DEPOSITS 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
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