The Brown Dog Claims is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,381 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,381 Feet (1,640 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.62778, -110.75139
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Brown Dog Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brown Dog Claims
Secondary: Chute Canyon Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael 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: Donald D. Hanni
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell, Se Flank
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Coal
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC. 24
Comment (Geology): SANDSTONES; MEDIUM - BEDDED, LENTICULAR CLIFF FORMING
Comment (Development): OUTCROP BARED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS; ONE 26 FEET, THE OTHER 21 FEET IN LENGTH
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVE COALY MATERIAL
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1239
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