The Vanadium King #1 is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.68417, -110.66833
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Vanadium King #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vanadium King #1
Secondary: Rex Mine
Secondary: North Workings
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Temple Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Magliaccio, Marie
Home Office: Price, Ut
Production
Year: 1965
Material type: U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.28 % U3o8
Year: 1964
Material type: U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.20 % U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: ELONGATE TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
Type: L
Description: Temple Mountain Collapse
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4 SEC 35
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S
Comment (Workings): THIS IS A LARGE MINE WITH NUMEROUS DRIFTING, CROSS-CUTTING, RAISES, WINZES, AND ROOMS WITH PILLARS. THE BACK (CEILING) HAS SLUMPED IN PLACES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1192
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239
Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.
Reference (Deposit): 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MC CARTHY
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