The Rock Door #1 is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.01472, -110.21528
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Rock Door #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rock Door #1
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
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: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS, TWO ARE 50 FT. LONG, MIDDLE ADIT HAS SHALLOW WINZE; EASTERN ADIT IS 60 FT LONG AND HAS NO MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 25
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L.M., 1977
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