Strawberry

The Strawberry is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,761 feet.

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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

Name: Strawberry  

State:  Utah

County:  San Juan

Elevation: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)

Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.69472, -109.25667

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Strawberry MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Strawberry


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Montezuma Canyon 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: Deloy Shumway


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1939
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
Physiographic Detail: Blanding Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: ELONGATE TABULAR, ROLLS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Sandstone


Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Roscoelite
Ore: Chlorite


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 35

Comment (Workings): 9 ADITS


References

Reference (Deposit): HUFF, L. C., AND LESURE, F. G., 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1190

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977


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