The Rainbow Canyon Mine is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.71083, -110.30972
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Rainbow Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: White Canyon District, Red 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Don, Loyd, John Blake
Owner Name: Loyd Blake
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
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: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO ESTIMATE AVAILABLE
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED SECTION 30
Comment (Deposit): DESCRIPTION UNAVAILABLE
Comment (Workings): WORKER JUST WENT OFF SHIFT - MINE FULL OF SMOKE - DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT AND WORKING UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNEL, T. L., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD CO'S., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HAROLD JONES, 1977
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