Moonshine

The Moonshine is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 4,560 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Moonshine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Kane Canyon Area

Land Status

Land ownership: State Park
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: W.S. Dawson
Home Office: TX
Info Year: 1974

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year Last Production: 1958
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, POD

Structure

Type: R
Description: E Flank Cane Creek Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: U3O8 = 0.120 %, U2O5 = 2.520

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LOGS, TWIGS, CARBON TRASH, DISSEMINATIONS IN SANDSTONE & CONGLOMERATE.

Comment (Production): LAST PRODUCTION 1958

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NW 1/4

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON CLIFFSIDE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PERHAPS 10 TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE

Comment (Orebody): From deleted record 10305354 (MAS 0490370303): Area: .01 HA Length: 61 M Width: 46 M Depth to Top: 61 M Thickness: .3 M Type of Orebody #1 : REPLACEMENT Shape of Orebody #1 : TABULAR Type of Orebody #2 : FISSURE VEIN Primary mode of Origin : OTHER Secondary mode of Origin : OXIDATION Primary Ore Control : LITHOLOGY Secondary Ore Control : FRACTURING Degree of Wallrock Alter. : MODERATE Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : UNKNOWN Strike And Dip : N45W: Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. : .6T otal Surface Area (HA) : .01 Date of Last Modification : 780213

Comment (Workings): From deleted record 10305354 (MAS 0490370303): Length: 152 M Development Schedule #: 1 Mining Record # : 1 Status of Mining Method : PROPOSED Mining Method : OPEN STOPE Swell Factor : .69 Hardness of Rock : SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER Rock Characteristics : ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES Rock Support Chars. : SUPPORTING Mine Support Chars. : TIMBER Avg. Length of Adits (m) : 461st Condition of Workings : OPEN Capacity Units : MT COMMOD/DAY Units of Production : $/MT COMMOD Year of Information : 1973

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, 1977

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: SAMPLE H25 - 8 IN CHIP 55 FT IN FROM PORTAL, S DRIFT 10 FT, W. LEDGE

Reference (Production): SMOUSE & DOELLING

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