The Mildred is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,761 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.74333, -110.95222
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Mildred MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mildred
Secondary: Mais Or Lucky Bec
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Lyle Buttars, Ken Johnson (74)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Flank Of San Rafael Anticlinal Uplift
Type: L
Description: Landslide Block
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLY NONE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC. 8
Comment (Geology): MANY FRACTURES FILLED WITH CRYSTALLINE CALCITE, MOST MALACHITE IN LIGHT GREEN SILTSTONE IMMEDIATELY BENEATH MOSS BACK (MONITOR BUTTE) BUT STILL PART OF LANDSLIDE
Comment (Deposit): IN LANDSLIDE BLOCK, TRUE STRIKE AND DIP MEANINGLESS, AT BASE OF CONCAVE UPWARD MASS OF FORMATION
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT 6 X 15 FEET, TRENDING N 36 DEG W
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., MARCH 1977
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI
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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