The Vega Poison Shaft is a uranium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 6,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.49361, -112.22111
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Vega Poison Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vega Poison Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Durfee District
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: Energy Fuels
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1951
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Glass Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 5
Comment (Deposit): CAVED WORKINGS NO DATA ON DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Production): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978
Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1967 , MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM DEPOSITS, AIME GRATON-SALES, VOL. 2 , P. 1020 - 1041 .
Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F., 1957 , THE MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM AREA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER # 64 , P. 1 - 212 .
Reference (Deposit): DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDE BOOK # 21 .
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 .
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