The Bridger Jack is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,640 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.40194, -109.47194
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Bridger Jack MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bridger Jack
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Moab - Bridger Jack Mesa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS/PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: U3O8 = .480 %, V2O5 = 1.770
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MUCH ORE REMAINS IN STOPES, CONTINUOUS LENSES
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC 2
Comment (Production): POSSIBLY UP TO 1000 LBS. U3O8 . ACTUAL PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): 2 OR 3 HORIZONS, 2 OR 3 ORE BODIES, MAX LENGTH & WIDTH ON LARGEST LENS.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: SPL. H30 , 26 FT IN FROM PORTAL SOUTH SIDE OF ROOM 2 CHIP
Reference (Production): HAROLD JONES 1977
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HAROLD JONES, 1977
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