The Yellow Circle Group is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 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
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.39944, -109.36667
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Yellow Circle Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Circle Group
Secondary: Includes: Yellow Circle 1 - 7
Secondary: Primero
Secondary: Protection Forked Canyon
Secondary: Exchecquer
Secondary: Fraction
Secondary: U.S. Treasury
Secondary: Chapparal
Secondary: Jessie Bolsey
Secondary: White Fawn 1 & 2
Secondary: Inspiration
Secondary: Maybe
Secondary: And Others
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Cane Creek 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: Plateau Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Mica
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL INCLINES AND ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, D. A., 1958 , G.S.A. BULLETIN VOL. 69 , P. 403 - 417
Reference (Deposit): FARROW, C. E. AND OTHERS, 1955 , USAEC REPORT RME #58
Reference (Deposit): HULEATT, W. P., S. W. HAZEN AND W. M. TRARER JR., 1946 , USBM RI #3930
Reference (Production): UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FILES
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEE PERRY 1977
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