The Fry No. 4 Mine is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.56222, -110.10222
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Fry No. 4 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fry No. 4 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: White Canyon District, Fry 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: Jim Butt - Harold Nelson
Owner Name: Utah Power And Light Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paleochannels
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLE H-12 - GRAB - 4 FT SPACING AROUND TOP OF 125 ST STOCK PILE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LOW GRADE .07 % U3O8 PILE 300 ST, HIGH-GRADE .2 % U3O8 - 200 ST
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED SECTION 24
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION DRILLING - EXTENT UNKNOWN TO THE NE, ALSO TO THE SW - RESULTS UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): HAROLD NELSON OPERATOR.
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., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125
Reference (Reserve-Resource): OPERATOR, HAROLD NELSON
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: SAMPLE H-12 , 15 GRAB 4 FT SPACING AROUND 125 ST STOCK PILE.
Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FLAT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1132
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY, 1973
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