Blue Hill Group

The Blue Hill Group is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,449 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Blue Hill Group

State:  Utah

County:  San Juan

Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.12667, -109.59222

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Blue Hill Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Hill Group
Secondary: Clinton & Peck Claims


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Peck, Virgil E.
Years: 1977 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleached 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: Uraninite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION ADIT. SLOPES INTO HILL FILLING WITH MUD.

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC 3

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES NIL


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, H. 1977


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