The Atomic King is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 4,482 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.47806, -109.59667
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Atomic King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atomic King
Secondary: Operated and Shipped As Part of Monte Cristo Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Moab District Lower Kane Creek
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: Uranium Production Inc.
Owner Name: Jerry Stocks
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Red Sandstone Where Mineralized
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FAVORABLE FAULT ZONE WITH CONTACT EXTENTS SOUTH FOR 4 MILES
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SW 1/4
Comment (Development): ADITS DRIFTED ALONG FAULTS, EXPLORATION THREE MAIN ADITS - MIDDLE MAIN PRODUCES.
Comment (Workings): MOST OF WORKING EXPLORATION DRIFTING ALONG FAULT.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS AT CONTACT OF CUTLER AND MOENKOPI FORMATIONS
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, H. 1977
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