The Colute Claims is a uranium mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,640 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: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.27722, -109.06278
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Colute Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colute Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Snake John Reef Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Uinta Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite Staining
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Workings): OLD BULLDOZER TRENCH, CAVED IN SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAIG, L.C., HAIL, W.J. JR., AND LUFT, S.J., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH, DOE PGJ/F-026(82)
Reference (Deposit): UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, U.S. BUR. OF MINES CONTRACT HO 232069, URANIUM VANADIUM REPORT 18, UINTA DISTINCT
Reference (Deposit): ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT ED: R-527, OPEN FILE.
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