Honey Bee #1 Atomic King #2

The Honey Bee #1 Atomic King #2 is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 4,560 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Honey Bee #1 Atomic King #2
Secondary: Operated and Shipped As Part of Monte Cristo Group

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper

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

Not available

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: M

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: WEDGE, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults, In Fault Fracture Zone Or In Perable Beds Adjposition To.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: .028 % U3O8 , .015 % V2O5

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): DRIFTING TO A FAVORABLE DRILL HOLE.

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

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: SPLH35 345 FT IN FROM PORTAL, FACE OF NORTH DRIFT, FAULT MATERIAL

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

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