Uranium King

The Uranium King is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,640 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Uranium King  

State:  Utah

County:  San Juan

Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.59639, -110.19528

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Uranium King MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Uranium King
Secondary: Cove Group


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: White Canyon District, Red 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

Not available


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


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Uraninite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED SECTION 6

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNKNOWN DUE TO CAVING.

Comment (Workings): INCLINE SHAFT CAVED 115 FT SLOPE DISTANCE FROM PORTALS UNGROUND WORKINGS UNKNOWN - DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT UNKNOWN, INCLINE N 15 DEG W


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 (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): U.G.M.S. STUDY, 1973

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HAROLD JONES, 1977


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