The Standard Tunnel is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,719 Feet (2,048 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.1817, -109.24330
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Standard Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standard Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
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: Atlas Minerals Corp.
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1978
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): DIX GP JR 1954 URANIUM DEPOSITS BIG INDIAN WASH SAN JUAN CO
Reference (Deposit): NEW YORK AIME
Reference (Deposit): LISBON VALLEY AREA UTAH IN ORE DEPOSITS OF US GRATON SALES
Reference (Deposit): TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO 9 UGA
Reference (Deposit): WOOD HB 1967 GEOLOGY AND EXPLOITATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN
Reference (Deposit): UTAH USAEC RME 4022 REV
Reference (Deposit): ISACHSEN YW 1954 ORE DEPOSITS BIG INDIAN WASH AREA GUIDEBOOK
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