The Hotshot is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,919 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.74861, -111.10694
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Hotshot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hotshot
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/Circle Cliffs
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: Silver Spur Mining
Owner Name: G. E. And C. A. Barney
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sw Flank Circle Cliffs Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 FT. CHANNEL, BASE OF SHINARUMP = 0.2 % U3O8 GRAB SAMPLE = 1.55 % CU, 0.14 % U3O8, 0.01 % V2O5
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): COALY LOGS, TWIGS, AND BARK IN 5 - FOOT THICK ZONE MALACHITE ZONE 6 INCHES TO 2 FT THICK, SOME ASPHALT IN CHANNEL 10 - 15 FT. DEEP AND 400 FT. WIDE
Comment (Workings): 4 10 FT. DOGHOLES AND A 35 FT. DRIFT
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): BAIN, 1952 , USAEC RMO 982 (REVISED).
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON USAEC RMO 982 (REV)
Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON DAVIDSON BULL. 1229
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MAS
Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 53
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, 1967 AND DOELLING, 1967
Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E.S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
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