Avalanche #13

The Avalanche #13 is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,811 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

Name: Avalanche #13  

State:  Utah

County:  San Juan

Elevation: 6,811 Feet (2,076 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium

Lat, Long: 37.7925, -109.71472

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Avalanche #13 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Avalanche #13


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium


Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Cottonwood Wash Area


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Monument Upwarp


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone


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: Uraninite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINERALIZED ZONES COULD NOT BE REACHED, CAVED & FLOODED

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CAVED


References

Reference (Deposit): WITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MTNS. AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S., PP 453

Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, R. Q., CAMPBELL, R. H., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF ELK RIDGE AND VICINITY, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S., PP 474 - B.

Reference (Deposit): 1965 RECON LEWIS R. Q., AND CAMPBELL, R. H., USGS PP 474 -

Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY 1973

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, H., 1977


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