The Rio Algom is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.26583, -109.28583
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Rio Algom MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rio Algom
Secondary: Lisbon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Lisbon Valley, Big Indian District
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: Rio Tinto - Rio Algom
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
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Lisbon Valley Fault, Lisbon Valley Anticline
Type: L
Description: Local Fault With Up To 60 Ft. Displacement
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
Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC 21
Comment (Workings): ACCESS TO WORKINGS BY TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY INVESTIGATION, 1973
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