The Carl - Look #4 is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 8,619 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 8,619 Feet (2,627 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.76889, -109.76111
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Carl - Look #4 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carl - Look #4
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Elk Ridge 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Shumway Brothers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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 LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Elk Ridge Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES UNKNOWN
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 6
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY RIM STRIPPING
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CAVED - DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, R. Q., AND CAMPBELL, R. H., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF ELK RIDGE AND VICINITY, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, USGS P.P. 474 - B.
Reference (Deposit): LAVERTY, R. A., AND GROSS, E. B., 1956, PARAGENETIC STUDIES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, U. S. G. S. BULL. 300, P. 195 - 201.
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, H., 1977
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