The Eagle Nest Claim is a uranium mine located in Uintah county, Utah.
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Eagle Nest Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle Nest Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Bourdette Draw
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Uinta Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: COATING SAND GRAINS AND FRACTURES IN SILICIFIED LOGS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1957 CHANNEL SAMPLE: 0.06 % U308 , 0.12 % V205
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): URANIUM MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN SANDSTONE LENS
References
Reference (Deposit): DASCH, M.D., 1967 , URANIUM DEP OF NE & W UTAH: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #21 , P. 118
Reference (Deposit): PRUITT, R.G. JR, 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.: UGMS BULL 71 , P. 92
Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, E.A. AND ANNES, E.C. JR, 1957 , RECON FOR URANIUM IN UINTA BASIN OF COLORADO AND UTAH: USAEC (PUBLICATIONS) RME-94 , P. 11
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