The Big Hole Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,361 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
Elevation: 5,361 Feet (1,634 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.59417, -109.59528
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Big Hole Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Hole Mine
Secondary: Cliffhouse
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Cottonwood Wash 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: Look Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
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: Blanding Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
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: Pascoite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Montroseite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINE IS FLOODED RESERVES CANNOT BE ESTIMATED
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 3
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS FLOODED INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT FROM LITERATURE
References
Reference (Deposit): 1946 RECON U. S. G. M. R. I. 3930
Reference (Deposit): 1954 RECON USAEC RME 3093
Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON USAEC RME 109 (REV.)
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
Reference (Deposit): DODD, P. H., 1956 , EXAMPLES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU; USGS PP 300 , P 243 - 262
Reference (Deposit): PITMAN, R. K., 1958 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD WASH MINING AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH; USAEC RME 109
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W. L., 1954 , RELATION OF SEDIMENTARY TRENDS, TECTONIC FEATURES, AND ORE DEPOSITS IN THE BLANDING DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 3093 ( PT. 1 )
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