Prosper-Nevada & Pineco Groups

The Prosper-Nevada & Pineco Groups is a uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,300 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Prosper-Nevada & Pineco Groups

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton District

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Energy Fuels

Owner Name: John Anderson

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin/Plateau Transition Zone

Type: L
Description: Joint Sets N-Nw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite, Chloride

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY: (2) NE 1/4 SEC 30. NW 1/4 29 (1) JA-1 LESS THAN .01 U3O8, .01% V2O5, JA-2 LESS THAN .01%U3O8, .01 V2O5, JA-3 .02% U3O8 .008% V2O5

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Zircon

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC. 30

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. 3 SHAFTS IN SECTIONS 19,20,30 T27S R6W & SEC. 29

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: GENERAL REF #1

Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, LARRY; 1976, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF PROSPER & NEVADA GROUP OF CLAIMS, UNPUB. UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, LARRY, 1976, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF PROSPER AND NEVADA GROUP OF CLAIMS, UNPUBLISHED UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY.

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

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