The Pickett No. 3 is a mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,499 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
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.60667, -109.15861
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Pickett No. 3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pickett No. 3
Secondary: Rusty Can # 4
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Montezuma Canyon Quad
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Occurrence
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: Blanding Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Roscoelite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SECTION 34
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES
References
Reference (Deposit): HUFF, L. C., LESURE, F. G., GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UT., USGS BULL. 1190 , 102 P
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
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