The Laura Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,348 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.75222, -109.70250
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Laura Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laura Mine
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
Owner Name: Rockwell, Alva A. And Alva F.
Owner Name: Lowell And Keith Rockwell
Production
Year: 1977
Time Period: -1977
Material type: U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.15 % U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1977
Discovery Year: 1955
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, LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Comb Monocline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Siltstone
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 FT CHIP SAMPLE - 1.030 % U3O8 , .011 % V2O5 , 4 FT. CHIP SAMPLE - .756 % U3O8 , .009 % V2O5
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: N 1/2 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 10
Comment (Production): ITEM 8 IS FOR PRODUCTION OF FEB. - OCT., 1977.
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 (Production): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977 ORAL COMMUNICATION WITH LOWELL ROCKWELL
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
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