The Del Monte Mines is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.78083, -110.65306
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Del Monte Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Del Monte Mines
Secondary: Delmonte
Secondary: Delmonte Group
Secondary: National Uranium Corp. Del Monte Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./South/Del Monte
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kay Hunt
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Hanksville
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR/LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Henry Mtns. Basin
Type: L
Description: South Flank Little Rockies Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE ANALYSES TO 6.81 PERCENT U3O8 AND 9.8 PERCENT V2O5
Materials
Ore: Roscoelite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MANY CLOSELY SPACED ADITS, EACH 50 - 200 FT. IN LENGTH
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE THICKNESS WAS 3 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNT AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MTNS. REGION, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, 1958
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C
Reference (Analytical Data): DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22.
Pages: p. 35, minemap.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKE, G.L., Shirley, R.F., and Swanson, M.A., 1951, GEOLogical INVESTigation OF the TRACHYTE DISTrict, HENRY MounTaiNS, Utah: USAEC RMO-912, 7 P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM INDEX FOR GARFIELD CO.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-20-1970.
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT'S FILE, USGS
Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 129
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-29-1958.
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