The Jomac Mine is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.8625, -110.32028
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Jomac Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jomac Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: White Canyon Area
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
Owner Name: Century 21 Mining Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1950
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS TWO ARE CONNECTED
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED SECTION 31
References
Reference (Deposit): THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F. AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD CO'S., UTAH, USGS BULL. 1125
Reference (Deposit): TRITES, A. F. AND HADD, G. A., 1958 , GEOLOGY OF THE JOMAC MINE, WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USGS BULL. 1046 - H
Reference (Deposit): 1952 COMPILE GRUNNER, J. W. AND GARDINER, L., USAEC RMO 566
Reference (Deposit): 1953 COMPILE TRITES, A. F., TEI 390 , P. 23 - 24
Reference (Deposit): 1955 COMPILE TRITES, A. F., FINNEL, T. L., AND THADEN, R., PROFESSIONAL PAPER 300 P. 281 - 284
Reference (Deposit): 1958 COMPILE TRITES, A. J., AND HADD, G. A., BULL. 1046 - H
Reference (Production): UGMS INVESTIGATION 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
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