The Shay Mountain Mines is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 8,442 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: 8,442 Feet (2,573 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.91694, -109.57611
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Shay Mountain Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shay Mountain Mines
Secondary: Blue Claims
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Monticello District, Abajo Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Shumway, Kenneth
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS & PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Abajo Mt. Uplift
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1 FT. CHIP SAMPLE - .429 % U3O8, 3.950 % V2O5
Materials
Ore: Mica
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED AREA
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY CONSIST OF SIX ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): WITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MTNS. AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S., PP 453
Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, R. Q., CAMPBELL, R. H., 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF ELK RIDGE AND VICINITY, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S., PP 474 - B.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON WITKIND, I. J., USGS PP 45
Reference (Production): U. G. M. S. STUDY 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, H., 1977
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