The Radiance Group is a uranium mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.12611, -111.97333
Map: View on Google Maps
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Radiance Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Radiance Group
Secondary: Sandy Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Kane
District: Paria River
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rasmussen, A. H. And V. H.
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: Grand Canyon Section
Physiographic Detail: Cockscomb
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Adjacent To Faults, Steeply Dipping Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE YIELDED 0.25 % U3O8 AND A TRACE OF V2O5 , AND 0.05 % CU
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 7 HOLES DRILLED, COMBINED FOOTAGE OF 250 FT
Comment (Deposit): LACK OF CARBON TRASH NOTICEABLE; DISSEMINATED IN SANDSTONE
Comment (Workings): RIMSTRIP 1,000 FEET LONG, OLD UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOW REMOVED
Comment (Location): C, SW 1/4 SEC. 25
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: BURANCK, 1942
Reference (Deposit): BURANCK, ALFRED, 1942 , INITIAL REPORT ON THE LEAD ORE MINE, TOOCK COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, CIRCULAR NO. 9 .
Reference (Deposit): DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH IN URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO 2 .
Reference (Deposit): 1942 RECON UGMS CIRC. 1
Reference (Production): USBM MAS 1902
The Top Ten Gold Producing States
These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.
