The Potts Fraction is a uranium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.5025, -112.21250
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Potts Fraction MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Potts Fraction
Secondary: Blue Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Henry 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: 1951
Discovery Year: 1950
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Red Hills Caldera
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC. 26
Comment (Deposit): SERVICED BY SHAFT NOT ENTERED
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE COMBINED - POTTS FRACTION AND BLUE EAGLE MINE. ALSO CONNECTED TO UPPER AND LOWER CLOYS
References
Reference (Production): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 .
Reference (Reserve-Resource): UGMS STUDY, 1973 .
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