The Lynn Claims is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.325, -112.81944
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Lynn Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lynn Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Kane
District: Orderville Canyon
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Henry Bulloch
Home Office: Cedar City, Ut.
Owner Name: Exxon Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Grand Staircase - Gray Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISCONTINUOUS IN TABULAR BODY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Clay
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 16
Comment (Production): 8 1/2 TONS OF 0.16 % ARE SHIPPED TO MARYSVALE IN JUNE 1950
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION WITHIN 25 FEET OF BASE OF DAKOTA
References
Reference (Production): BERONI, E. P. AND OTHERS, 1953 , USGS CIRC. 239
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: SEE BERONI AND OTHERS, 1953
Reference (Deposit): BERONI, E. P., ETAL, 1953 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE BULLOCH GROUP OF CLAIMS, KANE COUNTY, UTAH: USGS CIRCULAR 239
Reference (Deposit): 1953 RECON BERONI AND OTHERS USGS CIRCULAR 23
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