The Payday is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,440 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,440 Feet (1,963 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.78861, -109.76778
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Payday MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Payday
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Shumway, Kenneth
Production
Year: 1958
Material type: U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.25 % U3o8
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE - .165 % U3O8 , .012 % V2O5
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED AREA
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY RIM STRIPPING
References
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): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
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.
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