The Morrison Mine is a vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,309 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,309 Feet (1,923 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.75972, -109.70028
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Morrison Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morrison Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Uranium
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
Owner Name: Rockwell, A. A. And A. F.
Owner Name: Joe Morrison
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1956
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 Upwarp
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Comb Moncline
Alterations
Not available
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
Analytical Data: SELECTED GRAB FROM STOCKPILE - .756 % U3O8 , .009 % V2O5
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 2
Comment (Workings): LOWER PART OF WORKING FLOODED UNSTABLE ROCK, SOME CAVING.
Comment (Deposit): 30 TONS OF STOCK PILED ORE - GROUND UNSTABLE - ROCK FALLS FROM BACK IN MOST AREA OF MINE
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY INACCESSABLE - DUE TO UNSTABLE GROUND AND FLOODING
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.
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