The Little Don Mine is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.33694, -109.09556
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Little Don Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Don Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Paradox District, La Sal 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
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
Deposit Size: L
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: LENS, IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: La Sal Creek Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: U3O8 = .102 %, V2O5 = 2.160 %,
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Development): MOST OF PRODUCTION THRU FIREFLY MINE.
Comment (Workings): CONNECTED WITH FIREFLY MINE
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: ( SPL H32 ) 8 IN. CHIP SOUTH SIDE OF STOPED ROOM - 90 FT. IN FROM PORTAL
Reference (Deposit): CARTER, W. D., AND GUALTIERI, J. L., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LA SAL QUADRANGLE, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH AND MONTROSE CO., COLO.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 50
Reference (Production): UGMS - STUDY, 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, H., 1977
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