Shay Mountain Mines

The Shay Mountain Mines is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 8,442 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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