Laura Mine

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

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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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