The Hideout Mine is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.65778, -110.00583
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Hideout Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hideout Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: White Canyon District, Deer Flat 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: Utah Power And Light Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1948
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: Monument Upwarp
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 FT. CHIP SAMPLE, 2.100 % U3O8, .009 % V2O5
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Zippeite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 14
References
Reference (Deposit): THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY ANDORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S. BULL. 1125.
Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, T. L., AND GAZDIK, W. B., 1958 , STRUCTURAL RELATIONS AT THE HIDEOUT NO. 1 URANIUM MINE, DEER FLAT AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53 , PP. 949
Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FALT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO. UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1132.
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
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