The Cedar Ridge No. 2 Mine is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 39.29222, -110.73583
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Cedar Ridge No. 2 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cedar Ridge No. 2 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: North San Rafael Swell Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Cedar Ridge Uranium Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
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: San Rafael Swell
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
Type: L
Description: Faults To North, East, And West Of Prospect
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
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): SALT WASH MBR., MAIN U TARGET IN AREA, DOES NOT OUTCROP
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS CONFUSED; IN PGJ/F-055 (82) IT IS PLOTTED IN T 18 S, R 11 E, SEC. 1 BUT LOCATION IN APPENDIX A IS T 18 S, R 11 E, SEC. 5; DMEA REPORT LISTS T 18 S, R 10 E, SEC. 1. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): USBM, 1955
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM BRUSHY BASIN MBR.
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN SANDSTONE AND SHALE
Comment (Workings): ONE SMALL ADIT AND SOME DOZER CUTS
References
Reference (Production): USBM, 1955.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1955, CEDAR RIDGE URANIUM CORP., CEDAR RIDGE, AND BLACK BIRD CLAIMS: USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 75.2.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, J.A. AND OTHERS, 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, PRICE QUADRANGLE, UTAH: DOE PGJ/F-055 (82), 49 P.
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