The Washington Uranium is a mine located in Emery county, Utah.
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Washington Uranium MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Washington Uranium
Secondary: Consolidated
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael Swell District
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Black Rock Mining
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1974
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Chalcanthite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 26MAR79 EVA:UGMS PERRY
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, CC & OTHERS 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTER
Reference (Deposit): ED ROCKS, & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAPH
Reference (Deposit): AEL SWELL, EMERY CO, UT: USGS BULL 1239.
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