The Thornburg Memorial Mine is a uranium mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,649 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.6942, -109.70720
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Thornburg Memorial Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thornburg Memorial Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Thornburg Mining
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Cotter Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): N URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO, UT: USAEC RME-4066.
Reference (Deposit): DROULLARD,RF & JONES,EE 1955 GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYO
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