The Black Widow is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,561 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.81861, -111.19056
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Black Widow MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Widow
Secondary: Mas 3 1025
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns District
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: Grace Barney And E. Williams
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp
Type: L
Description: West Flank Of Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE OF COPPER MINERALS YIELDED 15 PERCENT CU
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NW 1/4 OF SECTION 36
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS IN OR ADJACENT TO A POD OF SANDSTONE THAT FILLED AN UNDERCUT STREAM BANK IN THE MOENKOPI
Comment (Deposit): HIGH ON WEST EDGE OF SHINARUMP CHANNEL
Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS 50 AND 40 FT LONG AND TWO DOG HOLES EACH 10 FT IN LENGTH
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967
Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 1229 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229
Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 3
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