The Unknown is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.67083, -111.00139
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
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: SMALL IRREGULAR BODIES - LENTILS
Structure
Type: R
Description: West Flank San Rafael Swell
Type: L
Description: 100 Foot Displacement Fault 50 Feet North Of Portal
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching 5 Ft Into Siltstone
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Coal
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OUTCROP BARED 100 FEET
Comment (Geology): SANDSTONES, THIN TO THICK BEDDED INTERBEDDED WITH THIN SHALE PARTINGS
References
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
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