The Caly X #8 is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.68167, -110.67056
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Caly X #8 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caly X #8
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Temple Mountain 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mineral Energy Inc.
Owner Name: Union Carbide
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1952-1956
Material type: U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.27% U3o8, .90% V2o5
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1951
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: "C" ROLLS, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
Type: L
Description: Temple Mountain Collapse
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstones And Sandstone
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE TAKEN 75' WEST OF CALYX HOLE #8 26" CHIP SAMPLE
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 35
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONNECTED TO CALYX #11 WORKINGS
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): HAWLEY, C. C. AND OTHERS, 1965, USGS BULL. 1192, P. 135
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