The Oljeto is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,279 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.04056, -110.30833
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Oljeto MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oljeto
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Monument Valley
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Monument Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Monument Upwarp
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone And Sandstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4 SEC. 24
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): 1959 COMPILE USAEC GUIDBOOK
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D. E., AND LEWIS, R. Q. SR., 1959, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONUMENT VALLEY, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH USGS BULL 1087-D
Reference (Deposit): GUIDBOOK TO URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN U.S. USAEC, 1959
Reference (Deposit): 1959 COMPILE TRIMBLE, D. E. BULLITIN
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