The Yellow Bird Claim is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.70556, -113.58417
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Yellow Bird Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Bird Claim
Secondary: White Cloud Claim
Secondary: Honeycomb #2
Secondary: Honeycomb #3
Commodity
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Honeycomb Hills
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: Dow Chemical Co.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Middle Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: WHOLE ROCK CHEM ASSAY RANGED FROM 0.14% BEO IN THE ORANGE TUFF TO 2.36% BEO IN RED TUFF. PINK TUFF RANGED FROM 0.22-0.97% BEO SAMPLES WERE NOT ASSAYED FOR U3O8.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A CRYSTALLINE MINERAL OTHER THAN FLUORITE. ASSAYS DID REVEAL ABNORMAL QUANTITIES OF CESIUM, RUBIDIUM, & LITHIUM. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER WORK CONSISTING OF TRENCHES, ROADS, AND DRILL SITE PREPARATION WAS COMPLETED IN AUG 1961. FIFTEEN HOLES WERE DRILLED WITH A TOTAL FOOTAGE OF 2,930 FT
Comment (Geology): THE SAMPLE FROM THE RED TUFF WHICH CONTAINED ANOMOLOUS AMOUNTS OF BEO ALSO HAD A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE ZEOLITE MINERAL PHILLIPSITE (25%). A CORELATION MAY EXIST BETWEEN ZEOLITES & BEO & U CONTENT ; GEOL.DESC: U MINERALS COAT FRACTURES AND REPLACE ROCK FRAGMENTS, AND OCCUR DISSEM. IN RHYOLITE TUFF
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Development): URANIUM WAS DISCOVERED IN 1950, AND BERYLLIUM IN MARCH 1961 BY C R SEWELL GEOLOGIST OF DOW CHEM CO. DOW NEGOTIATED LEASE OPTIONS WITH OWNERS AND CONDUCTED MAPPING, TRENCHING & DRILLING FROM MARCH TO AUGUST 1961.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M H, & BAUER, H L, JR, PRELIM EXAMIN OF URANIUM PROSPECT AT THE SPIDER #1 CLAIM, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO, UT: US AEC RPT TEM-165, 1950
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W N & LEVINSON, A A, 1964, RARE ALKALI & BE MIN IN VOL TUFFS, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO, UT: ECON GEOL V 59, P 768-774
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-08-1971
Reference (Deposit): 1961 DIREXPL DOW CHEM CO 2,930 FT OF DRILLIN
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SUR
Reference (Deposit): MONTOYA, J W, BAUR, G S, & WILSON, S R, 1963, MIN INVEST OF BE-BEARING TUFF, HONEYCOMB HILLS, JUAB CO, UT: USBM RI 6408, 11 P.
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