The Skyline Mine is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,781 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,781 Feet (1,762 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.02083, -110.24333
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Skyline Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Skyline Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1948
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS, TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Sandstone
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
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 26
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977
Reference (Production): UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY STUDY, 1973
Reference (Deposit): 1950 RECON USAEC RMO 98
Reference (Deposit): BAIN, G.W., 1952 , URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: USAEC RMO-982 (REV.)
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