The Green Vein No. 5 Mine is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 7,021 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.79806, -110.82750
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Green Vein No. 5 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green Vein No. 5 Mine
Secondary: Strike
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bud Hanni
Owner Name: Crabbie, Andy
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR - BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY REOPENED MARCH, 1977
References
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPIL HAWLEY, C.C., BULL. 123
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH,: USGS BULL. 1239
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MC CARTHY, B.M.
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