The Devil is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.37833, -110.46028
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Devil MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Devil
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Woodside Area
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: Rudolph Rackele
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Mancos Shale Lowlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone, Sandstone, Cong.
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A SMALL LENS AT THE BASE OF THE BUCKHORN WHICH CONTAINS CONGLOMERATE LENSES AND MUDSTONE INCLUSIONS FROM THE BRASHY BASIN MEMBER OF MORRISON FM. BELOW.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE L. M., 1977
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE L. M., 1976 , UGMS FIELD REPORT
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